1890 King of Southeast Asia

"Captain, the General Staff sent a telegram from the Chief of General Staff." The first mate climbed onto the bridge and handed the telegram to Huang Shuai.

Huang Shuai was sitting on the bridge writing a letter. Not only him, but all the sailors on the Squid were writing letters.

A supply ship will come today. While supplying materials, letters can also be taken back and sent to the sailors' families.

"Chief of General Staff?" Huang Shuai was stunned and took the telegram.

The Squid was transferred to Ryukyu, so it should not be the General Staff who sent him a telegram.

"It was forwarded by the Ryukyu Command." The first mate patted his forehead and said.

Huang Shuai nodded and opened the telegram to read it.

"What? We are asked to attack the Japanese army at an opportunity to slow down the speed of the Japanese fleet?" Huang Shuai was shocked.

Although he had always been eager to fight, he wanted to fight against the lone destroyer cruiser. Battleships can also fight if they are alone, but they are generally not alone.

His idea was to fight and run, not to get entangled with the Japanese.

He couldn't get entangled either. Unlike other combat submarines that carry more than a dozen torpedoes at a time, the Squid only has six, which is completely unworthy of its large tonnage.

How can six torpedoes delay the advance of the Japanese army? Huang Shuai thought about it and had a bold idea in his mind.

"There are still six Jiaolong-class submarines behind us, only half a day away from us, which can serve as reinforcements." The first mate nodded.

The first mate's idea is to wait for friendly submarines to arrive, so that they will gather seven submarines.

The Jiaolong-class submarine is derived from the 16th generation of submarines. It has five torpedo tubes, with a classic layout of four in front and one in the back. With the Squid's two in front and one in the back, it can launch 26 torpedoes forward at a time.

Twenty-six torpedoes are enough to give the Japanese Combined Fleet a hard time.

"Reinforcements? We can't wait." Huang Shuai put down the telegram and continued to write a letter.

"Even if the submarine is advancing on the surface, its speed is limited. The Japanese fleet's speed is 14 or 15 knots, while ours is at most 16 knots."

"It's just a difference of one knot. If we wait for reinforcements to arrive, we will never catch up." Huang Shuai wrote it in two strokes and put the letter into an envelope.

It doesn't need to be sealed, because it will be opened even if it is sealed. First, it is wartime, and second, the Squid is still in the confidentiality stage.

As an underwater weapon with reconnaissance, tracking and surveillance as its main capabilities, it is impossible to decrypt it before it is eliminated.

"Then we..." The first mate heard something else from Huang Shuai's words.

"Ask the location of the supply ship, urge it, notify the whole boat to rest immediately, and set off immediately after the supply is completed." Huang Shuai didn't say it clearly, but it was almost the same as saying it clearly.

"Are you crazy? We only have six torpedoes. How can we complete the mission? It will only alert the enemy." The first mate frowned.

At this time, there were no special underwater attack weapons, so the first mate was worried about alerting the enemy.

When the surface warships started running, several submarines could never outrun them.

"What else can we do?" Huang Shuai shrugged.

The first mate opened his mouth, as if it was true.

When the submarines behind arrived, the Japanese fleet didn't know how far away they had gone.

Even if the Japanese fleet did not speed up and left at a speed of 14 knots, and the reinforcements arrived 12 hours later, they would be left behind 164 nautical miles.

If the Squid sailed at a speed of 16 knots, the speed difference of two knots would take 82 hours.

This did not count that they were now more than 30 nautical miles away from the Japanese fleet, and another ten hours.

It would take four days, and they had to ensure that the engine was running at full power for four days without any problems.

"Go, I'm sure." Huang Shuai nodded and went down to the cabin.

"Yes."

…………

At two o'clock in the afternoon, after a short supply, the Squid restarted the engine and rushed towards the Japanese Combined Fleet more than 80 nautical miles away.

The airship had been monitoring the movements of the Japanese fleet, so it could provide the Squid with real-time position.

At seven o'clock in the afternoon, the sky gradually darkened, and the Japanese fleet began to slow down. Everything was normal at this time.

At eight o'clock, the real night fell. The moonlight tonight was blocked by dark clouds. In order to continue monitoring, the airship had to lower its flight altitude.

"Captain, we have lost the trace of the enemy!" The observer suddenly said.

"What?" The captain thought he had heard it wrong.

"Just now, the Japanese fleet suddenly turned off the lights. It should have discovered us." The observer anxiously debugged the equipment, hoping to see a little outline.

But today there were dark clouds, blocking the moonlight, and the sea was dark. He couldn't see anything at all.

"Have you been discovered?" The captain took a breath. The war in Europe was gradually putting various tactics into practice, including airship reconnaissance.

European countries widely used airships to reconnoitre the front line, reconnoitre the coastline, or provide directions to artillery, etc., gradually forming reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance tactics.

"Send a message to the Squid and Surabaya Headquarters. Our unit has been discovered. The Japanese army has imposed a blackout. Our unit has lost its trace. The last position of the Japanese army is..."

"Our unit will continue to sail north at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, and search for the whereabouts of the Japanese army after daybreak." The captain arranged everything very calmly.

At this point, all he can do is to find it back as soon as possible.

Longer and larger antennas can be arranged on the airship, and at high altitude, the communication range is extremely long, and direct contact can be made.

During the Nanhua period, there was a precedent of using airships as an intermediary to transmit important information. Now most of Nanhua's airships have this capability.

…

"Lost?" Huang Shuai frowned and came to the map.

"Where are you lost?" Huang Shuai looked at the map.

The big vice looked at the coordinates and compared it on the map.

"Here, the Japanese army carried out strict arms control, and the airship suddenly lost its goal at a high altitude." The deputy said.

"It is only seventy nautical miles away from us, and we can rush over for four hours."

Huang Shuai picked up the map,

"The Japanese were controlled after being discovered. If you want to turn, the speed must be very slow. If you do not turn, you can be found by the airship tomorrow."

"We continued to rush to the Japanese disappear."

"The submarine behind notifications lets them catch up as soon as possible."

The night in the night is very dangerous when driving without light, and may hit it with a little carelessness.

No light guidance, turning in the night, not only requires tacit cooperation, the overall movement is also very slow because it cannot be performed at the same time.

After the front warship must go, the second ship can keep up, not to follow, but to act.

Not only is the speed slow, but the formation will become chaotic after turning, but without turning, the Japanese fleet will be discovered by the airship tomorrow, and light control will have no sense.

Therefore, Huang Shuai is gambling, gambling the Japanese fleet will turn west to avoid the airship and continue to go north, and it takes time to turn. After that, the formation is scattered and cannot speed up. The squid has a chance to catch up.

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

At 4 am on the 18th, the Japanese fleet disappeared six hours.

"Reporting, my ship has reached the predetermined location, searching for an hour and a half without any discovery."

"How far is the submarine behind?"

Huang Shuai looked at the dark sea, and the monsters who had chosen a person at night were terrified.

"Fifty -fifty nautical miles away from us, we have run for two days and two nights, and then go to Shanghai to Shanghai." The second pair opened his eyes and tried to see through the black night.

After the squid arrives at the coordinates of the disappearance of the Japanese United Fleet, it turns to northwest. If Huang Shuai's expectations, it should be caught up with the Japanese fleet at this time.

However, the crowd of the squid is not sure, because the Japanese fleet implemented light control, maybe missed it.

"There are two hours, and the sky will be on, and continue to move forward. If the Japanese continue to be north, they will always be discovered during the day." Huang Shuai shook his head.

"Captain, do you listen?" The two suddenly pulled Huang Shuai and frowned.

"Listen?" Huang Shuai stunned, and then raised his ears.

Boom Longlong ...

Wow ~~

Huoo ...

The sound of the engine of the submarine, the sound of the waves beating the hull, and the sound of wind, mixed into a ball.

"Parking, the engine parking." Huang Shuai shouted in the submarine.

Boom.

After a while, the engine stopped abruptly.

"Captain, you listen, on our right." The two pair of heads moved, and Huang Shuai said with his hand.

哐哐哐 ...

Squeak ~~

"What is the sound of the duplex steam engine?" Huang Shuai heard the previous sound, but the other harsh sound could not hear it.

"Let's catch them!" The two said happily.

"Everyone returned to the cabin, ready to dive, charge the battery, the enemy is near us."

"The torpedo cabin checks the torpedo status, we are going to open!"

As soon as Huang Shuai's words came out, everyone in the squid was excited. Even if he hadn't rest for more than ten hours, he still broke out of great enthusiasm.

Nympho

At five o'clock in the morning, the squid sneak into the water, turn the rudder right, and move forward slowly at the speed of two sections.

The noise of the reciprocating steam engine is huge, but on the sea, the sound of the reciprocating steam engine can be heard, which means that it is very close.

At least, the normal battle distance is invisible.

At 5:30, the sky was bright, and Huang Shuai found a huge fleet in the subtastic telescope.

"Our old opponent's Pingxin number, it seems that it was hit, and the ship had a big hole." Huang Shuai saw the Pinghu number, and he knew what he had heard before.

Huang Shuai was only 1,500 meters away from Pinghu. This distance failed to discover each other last night.

"Treatment to 031, speed seven verses." Huang Shuai shouted gently.

Seventh section, the maximum underwater speed of the squid.

"Turn to five degrees to the left." Twenty minutes later, Huang Shuai shouted.

It was almost six o'clock, and he needed to find the goal as soon as possible.

"The torpedo preparation." Huang Shuai saw a big guy.

"The torpedo cabin is ready!" The torpedo cabin had long been impatient.

"Eighteen verses of speed setting, launching." Huang Shuai shouted.

"emission!"

puff!

Among the left fish tubes, a 533 mm hot -powered torpedo sprayed out, but the setting of squid Huang Shuai was not fast.

"Six degrees to the right, set the speed of thirty -two speed." Huang Shuai shouted again.

The squid turned around, and after confirming aiming, Huang Shuai drank again.

"emission!"

puff!

"Dive to forty meters and turn to West Airlines." After Huang Shuai finished ordering, the sailors gently manipulated their respective instruments and equipment, ears.

A few minutes later, the sound of the explosion sounded, and the sound of the explosion could be transmitted far in the water, and the sailor was holding his breath again.

BOOM!

Just tens of seconds, the second explosion came.

"Wow ..."

In the squid, the cheers of the sailor sounded ...