1890 King of Southeast Asia

At three o'clock in the morning, Xu Sunming slept Zhengxiang, dreamed that he led a huge fleet. The soldiers were facing London. George V personally greeted the dock in person and signed his name on the surrender book.

Dingling bell ~ Dingling Bell ~

Dingling bell ~ Dingling Bell ~

"Huh?" Xu Sunming, who was awakened by the phone, was still a little bit embarrassed, but quickly responded, picking up the phone while looking at the sky outside the window.

Seeing that the moon was hanging in the sky, Xu Sunming frowned.

"Hey, it's me." Xu Sunming knew that the problem would not be small when he called him at this point.

"Commander, the squid issued a telegram, the Japanese United Fleet eight large warships came out, leaving the Saga -Bao Naval Base at two in the morning." Said the fleet staff in charge of night.

"Downs at night? One hour ago? Inform the fleet for emergency collection, and the shore defense forces returned to the post! Immediately dispatched the expelction of the fleet and airship for investigation." Xu Sunming looked at the watch and sat directly.

It was not far from Ryukyu to Zo Shibao. The enemy had dispatched for an hour, and they had not gathered the fleet.

The warships, especially the fleet, did not look like the army, shouting, the whole team for a few minutes, and then set off.

The warship is not short of time, and then they have to group, queue up to leave the port, and also perform supplements and equipment maintenance of material inspections. It consumes a lot of time.

"I'm here immediately." Xu Sunming hung up the phone, put on his pants, put on socks, put his shoes on his feet, hold his clothes with one hand, and pushed the door with one hand and ran out.

He didn't call the driver. He ran into the car himself, inserted the key to start the car. By the way, he put on the shoes, and he kicked it out with one foot.

A few minutes later, the car stopped at the headquarters. Xu Sunming put on his clothes and got out of the car, sorted it out, and walked into the headquarters quickly.

"commander."

As soon as Xu Sun Ming entered, the fleet staff greeted him.

"What is the situation? What about the chief of staff?" Xu Sun Ming nodded gently, and the headquarters had been busy.

It can be seen that many people rushed over temporarily. After all, everyone was sleeping except for the guards.

Xu Sunming could see that several people did not wear socks, and several people in the shirts of the young staff wearing a shirt were dropped.

Fortunately, it is a shirt, which is not easy to wear.

"Commander, I have ordered the fleet to gather. The first eight destroyers will depart after ten minutes. After half an hour, the cruiser can also go." The chief of staff just came out.

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Today is the chief of staff on duty. After getting the news, he started arranging destroyers for the first time.

The power of the small destroyer's ship is a diesel engine, which can quickly start and respond quickly.

The larger model, especially the level of the destroyer leader, must use a more motivated steam turbine to add heavy oil boiler combination in order to pursue high speed, and the response speed will slow down.

"What about investigating airships? The destroyer has limited vision, it is better to let the air investigation. In the night, the lights of the fleet will be very obvious." Xu Sun Ming pulled the chief of staff into the office.

In the hall, their existence will affect efficiency, even if he thinks it is not scary.

"The airship is preparing. There is no investigation task tonight. They have put the airship into the governing, but they can fly soon." Chief of Staff closed the office door and took out a pack of cigarettes.

"Did you report to Changan?" Xu Sun Ming took the cigarette and ignited it.

"The telegram has been sent out, and there will be a reply soon." The chief of staff also ignited the smoke.

"What do the Japanese want to do in the evening?" Xu Sunming nodded hearing the words, and then began to consider the Japanese intention.

Basically, it is all arranged. If the Japanese go south, waiting for him will be the Huaxia Navy fleet who are ready.

"It is not clear that after a series of previous battles, they should know that they have no advantage in the fleet decisive battle." Chiefs of Staff also wondered this.

They couldn't guess the Japanese strategic intentions, which made the staff chief very upset.

If you do n’t know the strategic intent, you ca n’t judge the Japanese ’s goals in advance, and the fleet cannot be motionless. At least it must be made after dawn.

Su Sung ~ Huh ~

Both were smoking, and for a while, the room became smoke.

..............

At 3:20 am on October 17th, Sa Shi Bao west, and Japan was near the shore.

Wow ~~

The subtastic telescope of the squid cut through the water surface, gradually exposing the bridge, and then the entire upper layer.

Cangch ~

The cabin door was opened, Huang Shuai got out, and ran to the observation position as soon as possible, and looked west with a telescope.

The subsequent sailors got up, opened the valve and fan, and adjusted the antenna to adjust, and then picked up the telescope and started to observe.

Two sailor climbed down the bridge while the moonlight climbed down the bridge, and was guided by the obscure light light as a guidance to walk to the deck gun and started to manipulate the deck gun.

Of course, it is not to fire for anyone, just to prevent it, it can also be scared, and the time for the submarine can be improved.

"I found it. Sure enough, it was too arrogant to have light control, what?" Huang Shuai looked at the lights in the distance in the distance in the distance.

Huang Shuai's estimated touches that this is more than ten kilometers away. It can be seen that thanks to the Japanese people who did not perform light control, otherwise they would be invisible.

"To 123, start the engine, let's keep up." Huang Shuai stood up and shouted below.

Boom boom boom...

The diesel engine started, making a loud noise, but the noise was soon covered by the sound of the waves brought by the sea.

The submarine gradually accelerated. Because it was night, the speed of the Japanese fleet would not be too fast for safety reasons. It was a good opportunity to catch up, so Huang Shuai boldly ordered full speed.

The Japanese Combined Fleet was indeed advancing slowly at a speed of eight knots. The formation was not only dangerous at night, but also difficult. If the speed was too fast, it might not be able to react.

The Squid accelerated to sixteen knots and quickly approached the Japanese Combined Fleet.

At one point, it was no more than five kilometers away from the main force of the Combined Fleet. Not far in front of them was the destroyer used by the Combined Fleet for alert.

"Captain, the headquarters telegram." The first mate quietly climbed up and said softly.

As if he was afraid that the sound would be discovered if it was too loud, in fact, the sound of the engine was much louder, but it could not be transmitted so far.

"What did the headquarters say?" Huang Shuai did not take the telegram, but grabbed the telescope and observed the situation of the battleships of the Combined Fleet.

"Let us follow the Japanese under the premise of ensuring safety." The first mate also looked at the light not far away.

"We are following them." Huang Shuai wiped his eyes, which were a little dry after watching for a long time.

"I replied the same way." The first mate put away the telegram and looked at the huge team not far away.

It was not clear to the naked eye, but countless lights could be seen.

"By the way, report our position and course to the headquarters..." Huang Shuai raised the telescope again and looked.

"I have reported it, just follow it first." The first mate shrugged.

After watching for a while, Huang Shuai felt that there was nothing to see, so he handed the telescope to other sailors and went down to the cabin himself.

"Captain, the headquarters telegraphed that we should continue to follow the Japanese fleet. At dawn, it will be replaced by an airship, which is on its way." The telegraph operator ran over and saw Huang Shuai coming down from the bridge.

"Reply, our ship has received the message, but we request fuel and material supplies. Our ship has only one-third of fuel left, reaching the combat alert value." Huang Shuai took a look.

The telegram asked him to leave at dawn because the speed of the front hall underwater could not keep up with the speed of the Japanese fleet. Even if the Japanese fleet did not accelerate to the economic speed, he could not keep up.

But leaving did not mean that they would evacuate, but to stay far behind, keep up at night, and stay during the day.

After all, the airship may encounter thunderstorms, strong winds, or self-malfunctions, so using multiple means at the same time is the best way.

The telegraph operator nodded and turned to send the telegram.

Huang Shuai was not worried about this problem. Even if he sailed long distances, he could run 5,000 nautical miles slowly with one-third of the fuel. The time in between was enough for the supply ship to deliver supplies to him quickly.

…

At five o'clock in the morning, the sky gradually brightened. Although the sun did not show its head, the visibility was already very high.

For safety reasons, Huang Shuai chose to dive and advance at a speed of seven knots underwater, and the distance between the two sides gradually widened.

At seven o'clock in the morning, the Japanese fleet began to accelerate, and Huang Shuai completely stopped close observation, and the Squid stopped moving forward.

An hour later, in the periscope, the destroyers outside the Japanese fleet had become a black dot.

"Surface." Huang Shuai put away the periscope.

After a while, the submarine surfaced and the speed gradually increased.

Nine thirty.

"Haven't you contacted the airship yet?" Huang Shuai stared at the black dot on the horizon and asked anxiously.

After the submarine accelerated, the destroyer also gradually accelerated, proving that the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet was also accelerating.

Huang Shuai didn't know why, but he could only accelerate passively.

The speed increased to 14.5 knots. Although it was not the maximum power, the fuel consumption was still increased a lot.

Logically speaking, the Squid should have exited the tracking mode at this time and handed over the tracking task to the airship.

The Squid could retreat to the side and slowly move forward to rest, and the crew who had been busy for a day and a night could also take a break.

However, the airship was not contacted.

So the Squid had to continue to hang on the Japanese Combined Fleet.

The combined fleet has replaced anthracite, and the difficulty of tracking has increased greatly. Of course, burning coal will inevitably produce smoke, but it is not so big and so dark.

This small difference cannot be underestimated. If the distance is far, it may be missed.

At 10:30, the sun gradually became scorching. There was no shelter on the submarine bridge. Huang Shuai silently took note and prepared to go back for modification.

After all, as a reconnaissance submarine, the Squid must be tracked for a long time. Unlike ordinary warships, they will hide in the cabin. It is necessary to prevent soldiers from sunburn.

"Captain, we have contacted the airship. Their radio is broken. They are currently tracking the Japanese fleet. They should be right above our heads." The telegraph operator came over and said.

"The reply was received. The speed was reduced to ten knots. Everyone takes turns to rest." Huang Shuai looked at the sky and searched in the blue sky and clouds.

But nothing was seen...