Chapter 133 Encountering the Cossack Fleet Good Book
Such conditions are not only attractive to the victims of the Hunhe River, but also to the poor people who lack land in other areas of the country. In May alone, more than one million people entered the Chinese territory. These people were quickly
resettled in the Far East.
The navy has also become a lot more convenient with various power equipment. Not only does it have lights at night, but the lookout posts have searchlights. Each ship is also equipped with radios, so that long-distance communication and real-time command of the fleet battlefield can be realized. At the same time, Fang Xiaoyu
Use telephones to connect the command tower, observation post, turret, power room and other departments. Once in wartime, the captain's order can be conveyed to the entire ship in the shortest possible time. It is countless times better than the copper pipes used for communication in the past.
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After being equipped with these equipment, Liu Junguo's confidence greatly increased, and he even began to have some expectations for the Cossack Empire fleet coming from afar. As a defender, it was not enough to just wait for the opponent to come, so Sun Xiaohu and Wan Yong were sent out, and together they
Lead their own warships to form a vanguard fleet and begin to advance south with the help of two supply ships. They will enter the Southern Ocean to search for the movements of the Cossack fleet. At the same time, they will use radio to maintain contact with the headquarters after passing through several intelligence stations.
, report the other party’s movements to the headquarters at any time.
After Sun Xiaohu led the vanguard fleet to sail southward for ten days, he carried out the last supply at Moore's Port and turned westward to enter the Southern Ocean. Sitting in the command tower of the "Hailin", Sun Xiaohu looked at the table
On the chart, he is the commander of this mission, and this is also his first independent action.
The burden on Sun Xiaohu, who is only sixteen years old, is indeed a bit heavier, but the captains of the cruiser are all from the first batch of orphans who followed Fang Xiaoyu, and they are all about the same age. Wan Yong, the captain of the "Tongjiang" who came with him, also
Only one year older than him.
Fang Xiaoyu chose them not only because of their loyalty, but because they had been studying culture with Fang Xiaoyu since they were young, they had a great innate advantage. Moreover, these orphans who had lived a hard life were all precocious, so Fang Xiaoyu felt relieved to let them go out and have a career.
Even so, after all, this is the first time he has assumed command responsibility, and he is facing such a huge fleet, so it is inevitable that he has no idea. These days, Sun Xiaohu only sleeps four hours a day, and most of the time he sits on the chart.
I was thinking about where I might encounter the enemy fleet and what measures I should take.
"Why do you look at the map every time I come here?" A rough voice sounded from behind Sun Xiaohu. Without turning around, Sun Xiaohu knew that Wan Yong was coming over in a traffic boat again. Wan Yong joked: "Are you
I don’t know what I’m doing, otherwise why would I always look at the charts?”
Sun Xiaohu rolled his eyes at him and said: "Why do you always run to me when you are not worried?" Wan Yong said: "It's a joke, I think back then I dared to attack the entire Japanese joint fleet with three small gunboats. At that time, we all
Together they are not as big as one warship, so why don't we still charge?"
Sun Xiaohu said: "Don't do this. If Zhang Haiyang hadn't told you that the Japanese fleet didn't have many shells, would you have charged so fast?" Wan Yong blushed and said slyly: "No matter what the situation, I dare to charge."
"Don't worry, as many as you will die if Old Song is here." Sun Xiaohu looked for the sound and said with a smile: "Dad Song, why are you here again? Did you see Wan Yong coming and bring out the alcohol bug in you again?
Already?"
Father Song's real name is Song Wu. He is a famous artilleryman of the Empire's Third Fleet. He fires cannons and points them to where to hit. After he was laid off last time, he went directly to the Chinese Territory with everyone. When he got here, he was worried about being laid off.
His wrinkles smoothed out. He never expected that the Chinese nation would have such a good warship and such a huge gun. After serving as a gunner on the "Hailin", he liked the huge 203mm main gun.
It was so awesome that he wiped it again and again when he had time. Now he is the commander of the former main gun.
There is an interesting anecdote when mentioning Song Wu's name. It is said that Song Wu's family used to be relatively wealthy, but his father was very greedy for money and always wanted to make a fortune. He even named his son Song Qian. But their family's financial situation
But it got worse and worse. Later, someone told his father that Song Qian was not named well. Song Qian, giving money, doesn't that mean giving all the money to others?
His father suddenly realized that he added a word to his son's name called Song Wu Qian, which meant giving me money. As a result, his family declined even more. Later, someone told him that it was not good to name him Song Wu Qian. Song Wu Qian
, it’s just that you don’t have money to give away. Now you don’t even have money to give away. It’s still not enough.
As a result, his father was so angry that he couldn't bear to die. Before he died, he simply changed his son's name to Song Wu, giving up his wish to make a fortune. Song Wu, whose family was in decline, had no choice but to think of serving as a soldier to feed himself. Fortunately, he
He grew up by the sea and is very good at swimming. With this convenient condition, he easily joined the navy, which has higher benefits.
Unexpectedly, after Song Wu came to the Navy, he was very talented at gunnery. He was promoted quickly, especially after he arrived in China and became a sergeant major. His military salary was higher, and his family began to become rich. Now Song Wu has brought his family to China.
Living in the village, life was quite comfortable, and he even married a wife a few months ago.
Although everyone calls him Father Song, he is actually not very old. He is only thirty-six years old. He just looks older because of his old face and a beard. Because he likes drinking and Wan Yong has a similar odor.
I just like to hang out with him in my free time. He was not on duty today, so when he saw Wan Yong boarding the ship, he naturally came over.
Sun Xiaohu smiled and said to Song Wu: "Dad Song, since you and Wan Yong are so good, you might as well transfer to his 'Tongjiang' number."
After listening to Sun Xiaohu's words, Wan Yong said with a charming smile: "Of course I am willing to have a master artilleryman like Father Song come over, but I don't have good wine here. If you want to support me for a long time in the future, I won't bother you.
You are gone." Sun Xiaohu pointed at Wan Yong and smiled: "Look, the fox's tail is exposed, but you are still thinking about my wine."
Although Sun Xiaohu drinks alcohol, he is not an alcoholic, but it is damp and cold at night at sea, so it is necessary to drink less to ward off the cold. The upper brass of the navy also know the situation at sea, and drinking is allowed in the navy, but not too much.
Although Sun Xiaohu doesn't drink much, he has a lot of good wine. This is because Lin Feng, who works in the Department of Industry and Commerce, is pursuing his sister Sun Xiaomei. Lin Feng has a high salary, so he will naturally respect Sun Xiaohu, his uncle, who has a lot of good wine, so his
There are only so many good wines.
Song Wu also looked at Sun Xiaohu with a smile and said: "How about it? Captain, please bring out a bottle of wine to quench our greed." Sun Xiaohu said: "No, there is no supply place on this sea. Where can I go?"
So much wine is given to you two drunkards every day? You have to go to the canteen to drink the sweet potato wine rationed by the army."
Wan Yong smiled bitterly and said, "I mean, Xiaohu, we all grew up together. Do you have the heart to let me drink such low-quality wine?" Song Wu also nodded and said, "The rationed sweet potato wine has too low an alcohol content and tastes like boiled water." ." Sun Xiaohu said: "It's not that exaggerated. The sweet potato wine is at least 20 degrees."
Even so, he still took out a bottle of 52-degree thyme five-year-old wine from the cabinet and said: "This is the last bottle. Don't come and ask me for a drink next time." Song Wu said with a smile: " I'm sure, after drinking your wine, I promise to sink a few more warships."
At this moment, the alarm on the warship sounded. The lookout reported the discovery of the enemy ship to the captain's office via phone. Song Wu didn't care about drinking, and immediately ran to the main gun. Before leaving, he did not forget to say: "Ship!" Commander, please keep that wine for me until the battle is over."
No one dared to delay when there was serious business, and Wan Yong quickly returned to his warship. Just as Wan Yong returned, large black smoke appeared on the sea level in the distance, obviously a large fleet was approaching.
Since the Chinese navy has telescopes and can detect the enemy's situation early, the enemy has obviously not discovered him yet. Sun Xiaohu immediately changed the supply ship's route and avoided it in the distance, while the two cruisers met it.
The two fleets slowly approached, and Sun Xiaohu finally saw through the telescope the eye-catching double-headed eagle Cossack military emblem on the opposite warship. He immediately ordered: "Full right rudder, let's sail north."
"Full rudder to right." The helmsman repeated the order and turned the steering wheel all the way. The two cruisers, traveling at a speed of fifteen knots, made a big turn and turned to the north.
Sun Xiaohu ordered: "Send a report to the headquarters. Our first fleet discovered the Cossack expedition fleet in the waters of Ceylon Island, the southern tip of the Kingdom of Jhansi." After hearing Sun Xiaohu's order, the messenger immediately became busy. The first officer came over and said: " Captain, since we have discovered the target, we can just follow it from a distance." Sun Xiaohu said: "No, I still need to find out the number and model of the enemy, we must get close to investigate."
After drawing a large circle, the vanguard fleet and the Cossack Expeditionary Fleet were separated by twenty kilometers and entered a parallel channel. Sun Xiaohu took the opportunity to observe the model and number of the opponent's warships with a telescope.
The Cossack expeditionary fleet finally discovered the existence of the vanguard fleet, and a cruiser formation immediately came towards them. Sun Xiaohu smiled slightly and ordered: "Three-quarters full speed." The two Tongjiang-class cruisers immediately began to accelerate, and the two warships The graceful swaying bow split the waves and moved forward quickly, and the speed quickly increased to fifteen knots.
Since the Cossack Expeditionary Fleet had to protect the supply cargo ship and maintain a speed of eight knots, it had to send a cruiser fleet of four cruisers to pursue it. Although the Cossack warships were at full power, they could only make fifteen knots. The two fleets always maintained With a distance of ten nautical miles, he could not catch up.
Sun Xiaohu looked at the telescope for a while and said: "Write it down, the speed of the Cossack Expeditionary Fleet cruiser is fifteen knots." After that, he looked at the thick black smoke that kept coming out of the chimney of the opponent's warship and added: "It is at full speed."