s: Please vote for a 5000-word chapter April 5, 1915, AD 2756, North Atlantic.
This is the sea area of the North Atlantic Ocean close to the Arctic Circle.
Although spring has entered, the temperature here is still below ten degrees Celsius, and even drops below zero at night.
At this time, the sky was overcast with low clouds, the wind was blowing, and the surrounding sea was empty, with not even a single ship in sight.
This is not surprising, because it is close to Greenland and is not a main waterway.
Except for some fishing boats that occasionally come here, commercial ships generally do not go here.
Several seagulls were circling in the sky, preparing to catch fish before dark to feed their mates who were incubating their eggs.
At this time, the seagull noticed a few moving things on the sea, which looked like hollow tree trunks, and were still emitting a faint green smoke.
I have never seen such a strange thing before.
A few curious seagulls flew over to observe.
They found that this thing was as thick as a tree and did not seem to be a natural thing.
The animals are very careful.
This rare thing is definitely not food, nor is it a natural enemy, but the smoke they emit smells very bad, just like the smell of human ships.
"Whoosh whoosh" At this time, bursts of rapid exhaust sounds and water flow sounds suddenly came from under the sea where the pipe was located.
This underwater sound was very small when it was transmitted to the air, but to the hearing of seagulls, these sounds are still It's obvious.
In the memory of seagulls, only large creatures in the ocean can make such sounds.
The sound now is so loud that it even far exceeds the sound made by the largest creatures they know.
This is definitely a dangerous guy.
The seagulls were frightened and flew away from the place as soon as possible.
"Huhuhuhu" big puffs of bubbles appeared on the sea surface, causing turbulent waves.
Soon, a dark-looking creature that looked like a giant whale jumped out of the water and hit the sea hard, causing waves several meters high.
There is no doubt that this is a large submarine, its size is far larger than the recently famous German U-boat, but it does not have any identifiable marks on its appearance.
On the sea surface near it, eight more similar boats soon appeared one after another, three of which were fatter and larger submarines.
Soon, the hatches of these submarines opened, and a group of officers and soldiers walked out.
They were wearing Chinese navy uniforms.
What are the Chinese submarines doing here?
"Phew, I can finally breathe some fresh air.
Even the air inside the boat smells of engine oil."
He Bin let out a long breath.
The internal environment of submarines in this era is definitely not comfortable.
Even Chinese submarines that adopt many later technologies are not much better in terms of habitability.
This time it was another top-secret mission.
Dozens of big men and a bunch of equipment were crowded inside for dozens of days.
They couldn't even take a shower.
You can imagine how outrageous the smell was.
The smell of sweat and engine oil was...
The most common smell, even with a snorkel, can only be said to be slightly better.
"Captain, why are we training here and avoiding everyone's eyes and ears?
We are just like thieves along the way."
A crew member asked in confusion.
He Bin glared at him: "Why do you ask so many questions?
If you understand the superior's orders, you must execute them.
If you don't understand, you must deepen your understanding during execution."
Then he said: "Okay, now we have finally arrived at our destination.
We are not on the flight path.
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Everyone can relax.
By the way, let the stoker boil the water and everyone can take a shower quickly."
He raised his sleeves and smelled it, showing an expression of disgust, and cursed: "Damn it, my submarine is almost turning into a cesspool.
This is the latest submarine.
If those guys know about our current It looks like I don’t know how to make fun of you yet.”
"Hehehe" the officers and soldiers all laughed in amusement.
The voyage lasted more than 10,000 nautical miles.
Although there were supply fleets disguised as merchant ships along the way to provide them with food and water, except for those who received the supplies, no one else could come out to move around.
They were stuck in the sea for more than a month. , this feeling can be imagined.
Even Chinese submarine officers and soldiers who have gone through arduous training feel almost unbearable at this time.
This area is next to a desert island.
The nine submarines anchored here and stayed until night.
Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the sailors all took a shower, changed their clothes, and took turns going to the overtime station to relax.
The cooking squad also lifted the fire ban and cooked a sumptuous lunch for the officers and soldiers.
While the grassroots officers and soldiers were on vacation, He Bin and other detachment cadres were staring at the communication screen in the telecommunications room.
"Are there any new orders?"
He Bin couldn't help but ask.
"Not yet, detachment leader," the communications sergeant replied.
"Well, then you guys take turns guarding and notify me as soon as there is any news.
I'll go catch up on my nap first."
He Bin yawned and went back to his cabin.
This mission was very confidential.
Previously, their superiors only asked them to sneak near this desert island and wait.
As for what to do next, even he, the detachment leader, didn't know.
At this time, on the eastern sea more than 600 kilometers away from them, a British fleet was sailing in their direction.
The fleet was small, consisting of only two cruisers and a coal ship.
Since Germany began its submarine war against the Allied Powers, the Allied Powers' merchant ships have suffered heavy losses.
So far, 1.5 million tons of Allied Powers' merchant ships have been sent to the bottom of the sea by submarines.
The Allied Powers had to send a large number of warships to escort the merchant fleet, but the number of merchant ships was so large that even if they were organized into a fleet for unified escort, the Allied Powers would feel great pressure.
There is no way, there are not enough ships.
Even the British Empire, which has the world's largest navy, is now stretched.
After all, it is impossible to send out all warships for escort.
Against this background, the behavior of this fleet at this moment is obviously a bit strange.
This is neither a main route, nor are they escorting merchant ships.
With the ships so tense, they actually let two cruisers and a coal ship come here to play.
Is the British too busy?
Colonel Horton is the commander of this small fleet and the captain of the powerful protected cruiser.
This time his mission is to deliver a batch of goods to Canada.
Although Holden now only brings two Qiang Sheng-class protected cruisers, he does not have to worry about safety issues because they have no opponents here, at least in theory.
Germany's main fleet is staying at its home port.
As for the Austro-Hungarian fleet, they are all stuck in the Mediterranean bathtub and cannot get out.
The Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal are firmly in the hands of the British Empire.
The fleet couldn't rush out at that point.
The only thing that could pose a threat was German submarines.
However, this is not a major shipping route, and German submarines will not appear here.
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The Germans also care about profits, and they will not engage in loss-making transactions that waste money and food.
So this mission seemed to be very easy and safe, but Colonel Horton did not dare to be careless at all.
Because his mission this time was to transport gold.
Yes, these two powerful-class protected cruisers carried 1,400 tons of gold and 2,800 tons of silver from the British Central Bank and the Royal Family.
This huge wealth is to be sent to Canada to be stored in order to purchase supplies from the United States.
"These greedy Yankees don't accept pounds, only gold and silver.
They must be the devil, and the same goes for those Chinese guys."
Colonel Horton cursed in a low voice.
Of course, purchasing supplies several times will certainly not require so much gold and silver, but judging from the current situation, this war may last longer than many people estimate.
When the war started, most people thought that the war would not last more than half a year, but now it is almost a year and there is still no end in sight.
God knows how long the fight will last.
Britain's current domestic material reserves have bottomed out, and because of the Germans' constant bombing, many factories cannot start operations.
Those damn Germans were very insidious.
Some time ago they even threw incendiary bombs into the wheat fields, burning large areas of wheat that was about to mature.
"In one week, we can reach the Port of Montreal in Canada," Holden thought in his mind.
He had run this route before.
The voyage has been very uneventful so far, with no surprises and no danger at all.
He thought that after delivering this batch of gold and silver to the destination, he could relax.
Although there would be no danger in this mission, the psychological pressure was very high, no less than fighting the Germans.
When he thought of the dazzling pile of gold in the cabin, he couldn't help but have uncontrollable impulses.
This was the first time in his life that he saw so much gold.
"The Yankees got the advantage this time," he said angrily.
What Holden didn't know was that there was a pair of "eyes" following them closely at an altitude of 30,000 meters.
To be precise, these eyes were fixed on them before they even set sail.
During the entire process of transporting the gold out of the gold nuggets in the bank and loading it onto the ship, they all fell into these eyes.
Hanking, Presidential Palace.
"Phew, the British are so rich that they actually transported 1,400 tons of gold and 2,800 tons of silver to Canada at one time.
How abominable," Wen Desi said while looking at the British gold ship on the screen and touching his chin.
"Mr.
Wen, the seals are already in place, waiting for them.
This batch of gold will soon be ours," Wang Tiechui said with a smile.
"Well, the British guys are really cunning.
They actually modified two old cruisers to transport gold and silver.
If it weren't for the intelligence sent by Dracula, we would still be in the dark."
Wen Desi nodded and said.
"It's easy to sink it, but I don't know how much it can be lifted out."
"Forget it, no matter how much you can get, it's better than being a cheap American."
"Ding, ding, ding," the communicator rang.
He Bin, who was sleeping, immediately woke up, sat up, and picked up the intercom.
The captain's voice came from the earphone: "Captain, new orders have arrived.
Come here."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
He Bin quickly put on his clothes and ran to the telecommunications room.
Ten minutes later, He Bin gathered the captains and political commissars of each submarine for a meeting.
He Bin said with a smile: "Okay, everyone knows about this mission, right?
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It is to send those three ships to the bottom of the sea, and then we can go back."
"Captain, we haven't started a war with the British yet.
Will using their ships for live-fire training have any impact?"
a political commissar asked with some worry.
He Bin glared and reprimanded: "Don't you have to report your name when the fight starts?
They don't know who did it.
What a ridiculous influence.
Besides, this mission was issued by the Military Commission.
All we have to do is execute it." , why are you thinking so much?
I have long been unhappy with the British devils."
"Okay, the intelligence says that this fleet is coming at 14 knots and will be here around seven o'clock tomorrow morning."
He Bin then discussed the tactics with everyone, and then said: "Everyone, get ready when you get back. , just in case, before dawn tomorrow, everyone will enter the snorkel state and wait for the meeting to end."
The next day, the Strong and the Terror had already approached the waters near this desert island.
Both ships are Qiangsheng-class protected cruisers in service from 1897 to 1898.
The Qiangsheng-class is a first-class protected cruiser with a standard displacement of 14,200 tons.
It is equipped with two 234 main guns and 12 152 secondary guns.
The maximum speed is 22 knots.
Endurance is 7,000 nautical miles and 14 knots.
Although the Qiangsheng class is a protected cruiser, its tonnage and firepower are comparable to many armored cruisers.
Of course, the early 20th century was a period of explosive growth in ship technology.
Under normal circumstances, even the most advanced warships would be obsolete in a few years at most.
Now, it is already the era of super-dauntless, and the powerful class, which was once a fortress, has long been outdated, but it can still be used as an armed transport ship, at least it is safer than a merchant ship.
Early this morning, Holden felt an uneasy premonition in his heart, but he couldn’t tell what it was.
Without any clues, he had no choice but to order various posts to strengthen their vigilance, especially to pay attention to lookouts.
At this time, 10 kilometers away from them, a periscope quietly stuck out of the water.
Now all Chinese submarines have been put away "Very good, the targets of two Qiang Sheng-class protected cruisers and a high-speed coal ship have been confirmed, yes."
He Bin carefully looked at the prey.
After confirming that it was correct, he immediately ordered: "Order all seals to prepare for attack.
Now allocate Target" "The torpedo tubes No. 1 to 2 are filled with water, the depth is set at 4 meters, the maximum speed."
He Bin stared closely at the small fleet.
After waiting for the "ready" response from each post, he waved his hand vigorously.
"emission" "emission" "emission" Six Seal-class ocean-going attack submarines fired torpedoes one after another, and 12 600mm heavy-duty torpedoes rushed towards the target at a speed of 50 knots.
They are now using the latest "Fish 2" type torpedo, which is a wire-guided passive acoustic torpedo.
It can not only automatically track, but can also be controlled by human intervention to avoid baits, or set navigation points to make low-speed detours to avoid sneak attacks.
Reveal the location of the submarine.
Because it can be controlled by wires, you don't have to worry about being like the "Fish 1" type, which always likes to get together and engage in repeated attacks.
The "Fish 2" torpedo is also an oxygen-enriched air torpedo or a semi-oxygen torpedo.
Although it cannot have almost no track like a pure oxygen torpedo, its track is still far lower than that of ordinary thermal power torpedoes.
If you're not very close, you can't see clearly.
Smith is the lookout of the Qiang Sheng.
Today, the captain issued a strict order to watch the sea carefully.
Although it should be safe here, Smith did not dare to disobey the captain's order.
He still looked around responsibly with his telescope.
Suddenly, he seemed to see several black shadows flashing across the sea.
"What's so fast?"
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Smith suddenly became energetic.
He quickly rubbed his eyes and looked carefully.
When he saw that thing again, he felt a cold air rushing straight to his forehead.
There were three or four long black shadows rushing towards his warship at an incredible speed.
"No, it's a torpedo," he shouted, and quickly sounded the alarm.
"Starboard 40 degrees, distance 3000, four torpedoes" Holden yelled: "Quick, full left rudder!"
His reaction was very timely.
If it was an ordinary direct-sailing torpedo, he might have avoided it, but what he faced was a "Fish 2" guided torpedo.
"Fish 2" was too fast and discovered too late.
Although the Qiang Sheng's timely steering avoided two, there were still two that could not be avoided.
"Boom boom" Just two loud thunder-like noises were heard, and two thick water columns rose up from the starboard side of the Qiang Sheng.
Two large holes with a diameter of more than 4 meters in diameter were blown out of the underwater part of the starboard side of the Qiang Sheng.
It wasn't over yet.
The two missed torpedoes circled back and came into close contact with it twice.
The two torpedoes hit its stern and blew away the steering gear. and propeller.
It was just a protected cruiser.
It couldn't withstand such a blow.
It rolled over in less than two minutes and sank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
At this time, the Terror had been "decapitated" by three torpedoes, and half of the hull sank into the sea.
As for the coal ship, only one mast was left on the sea.
"Okay, after the mission is completed, all seals and Manatee No. 1 will leave immediately.
Manatee No. 2 and No. 3 will continue your mission."
He Bin did not give the order until the three ships completely disappeared from the sea.
After a while, the seven submarines left the scene, and the two Manatee-class transport submarines that remained were responsible for the subsequent salvage mission.
Their cargo holds have been specially modified, with hatches at the bottom that can be opened downwards and lifting devices.
However, it would still be quite troublesome to rely on people to fish for it.
However, Mr.
Wen asked them to equip a mining robot for this robbery.
With this thing, it is much more convenient.
The manatee only needs to hover on the seabed and wait for the robot to collect the gold bricks.
Just pick it up.
That night, the British discovered that they had lost contact with the gold-carrying fleet.
They originally contacted each other regularly several times a day, but since they contacted once in the morning, there has been no news.
This is making Niu Niu anxious to death.
Damn, this is 1,400 tons of gold and 2,800 tons of silver.
Especially the King of England was so angry that he went crazy after hearing the news.
Half of it belonged to the royal family.
So Niu Niu immediately organized a fleet to search the missing sea area, but if you want to find a fleet in the sea, it is like finding a needle in a haystack, the scope is too large.
Most importantly, they had no idea what was going on.
Because they didn't receive the "attack" telegram sent by Horton at all.
This is not a malfunction, but the result of interference.
How can you do this kind of thing without using electronic interference?
This route was so remote that it was already three days before Britain and Canada found the approximate location of the accident along the route.
After they found nothing, they sent more warships and searched up and down the route.
It was not until a week later that they discovered several dying survivors on a desert island hundreds of kilometers away.
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By the time they learned the truth from the survivors, all the Golden Eyes had already been taken away.
What was even more unfortunate was that during this period they mobilized a large number of warships to search for the missing gold-carrying fleet, which resulted in a significant reduction in the escort force.
Dozens of merchant ships that should not have been sunk were sunk by German submarines.
The British, who couldn't even find the sunken ship, had no choice but to put the account on the Germans
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