As the Nantes army, which was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, launched a full-scale counterattack, a fierce exchange of fire broke out between the two sides. However, due to previous attacks from naval guns and lack of preparations for night battles, the army of the Grand Duchy of Sardinia had no choice but to retreat.
The Nantes Army knew that the advantage was hard-won. They just stayed behind the Sardinian Army and did not give them a chance to organize their troops. In this way, the Sardinian Army, which had the advantage in strength, was beaten by the Nantes Empire with a small number of people.
, withdrew back to the country after losing 80,000 people.
The clumsy war performance of the Sardinian Army caused the top brass of the Sardinian Army to lose face. From then on, the army of the Grand Duchy of Sardinian was ridiculed as the "Sardinian Noodle Army" by various countries in the Western Continent.
Just when the Grand Duchy of Sardinia failed to attack and retreated to the country in disgrace, the first batch of new submarines built by the Chinese Consortium for the Yaman Empire arrived. Since the Chinese Consortium used the assembly line method to build submarines, the parts were first separated by inland factories.
They are produced and then transported to the dock for assembly, making the construction of submarines very fast.
The originally small submarine manufacturing plant actually produced submarines at a rate of twenty per month, and the first batch of twenty submarines was delivered to the hands of the Yaman Empire after being assembled so quickly.
The submarine soldiers of the Yaman Empire have been training for more than a month under the training of instructors from the Chinese Empire using ten retired Sea Wolf 1 submarines of the Chinese Imperial Navy. Now they are using the same Sea Wolf 1 submarines. Although they cannot be said to be proficient, they are starting to operate.
Combat can barely be done.
Marshal Tiers, who was already feeling uncomfortable, had no patience to wait any longer. He immediately ordered twenty newly launched submarines to go out, while the ten semi-new submarines stayed with their instructors to continue training new submariners.
Novices will inevitably encounter some problems on the road, but fortunately, the instructors of the Chinese Empire have very strict requirements during training. These submarine soldiers also learned solidly, and the faults were eliminated one by one.
These novice submariners are not yet proficient in operations and tactics, but the task they accept is not to attack the Allied fleet, but to attack the merchant fleet, and use those merchant ships that are defenseless to practice. I believe these sailors can grow up quickly. In fact
And sure enough, a strangling war against the Allied maritime transportation lines soon began.
"You're diving too deep. I want you to dive to five meters deep. It's already eight meters deep. Watch your instrument carefully or we will be killed by you." Captain Hess of the U-21 submarine scolded the submarine.
The crew members were doing routine speed diving training after setting sail.
It was the first time for everyone to sail independently without an instructor to follow. Even Hess, the captain, was inevitably a little nervous. The average crew member was even more nervous and often made some very routine small mistakes.
The helmsman immediately restored the submarine to a depth of five meters, and then smiled apologetically at Hess. Hess did not lose his temper again. He was a novice after all. It was understandable. To be honest, he was very easy to get angry after getting on the boat because he was nervous.
"There is a big fish, dear, at least eight thousand tons." The first mate who was observing in the periscope shouted, and Hess immediately ran over. Indeed, a huge cargo ship was slowly passing three hundred meters in front of them.
Driving by outside.
"Good opportunity." Hess excitedly picked up the communicator in the submarine: "Torpedo room, load No. 1 and No. 2 torpedo tubes immediately."
"The torpedo room understands." Once the battle started, these outstanding sailors forgot about their nervousness and began to work quickly according to the operating procedures.
"Speed three-quarters, maintain course." Hess continued to issue orders. The helmsman who had just made a mistake finally stabilized his shaking hands, and slowly operated the submarine with unusual calmness.
"Torpedo No. 1, launch No. 2." Hess saw that the opportunity could not be missed and immediately issued the order. The two torpedoes were pushed out of the torpedo tube by the high-pressure air. The torpedo sank slightly, and soon the air compressor started in the water.
A stream of bubbles erupted from the tail of the torpedo and headed towards the cargo ship.
Although the old torpedoes sold by the Chinese Empire to the Yaman Empire still use air compressor power, they have also undergone certain improvements, mainly adding simple gyroscopes and operable tail fins to the torpedoes, so that these torpedoes finally learned to walk the 'cat walk'
Already.
Two straight water lines quickly approached the merchant ship, but the crew members on the merchant ship were still unaware that the threat of death was approaching. After two loud noises of "boom" and "boom", the merchant ship with a fragile structure was directly blown into several pieces, and gradually
Sunk to the bottom of the sea.
"Come up." Captain Hess ordered loudly, and the submarine quickly surfaced. Captain Hess led the crew to the narrow deck and admired his prey.
The first mate bent down and picked out a canned can that had been blown up and twisted from the water and said: "It's a ship carrying food. It looks like it's canned food unique to the China Consortium, but the ship still belongs to the Saar Empire."
The sailor on the side said: "It would be great if we didn't use torpedoes. We could seize some cans to eat. I feel sick to my stomach after eating those sticky military rations every day."
The first mate said: "Yes, this way we can also save torpedoes. After all, we can't carry many torpedoes at one time. We have to go back to replenish them when they are used up."
Captain Hess looked at the wreckage of the freighter and said: "I don't mind going back to resupply, but I would rather fight warships like my colleagues in the Chinese Empire." As a captain, he once learned while listening to the instructor's lectures
This is the first time the Chinese Empire's submarine force fought against the Sardon Continental Fleet.
With the successful experience of the first battle, the crew's operations became smoother and smoother. After several battles, he finally ran out of torpedoes and there were not many shells for the deck gun. They were still not satisfied and had to turn around and return.
.
"Hess, how do you feel this time?" Hess had just landed ashore when a captain with a cigar in his mouth came over.
When Hess turned around, he discovered that it was his good friend, Mundell, the captain of another submarine. He smiled and said: "Not bad. A total of four merchant ships were sunk, with a total tonnage of about 35,000 tons."
"So many?" Mundell said in surprise: "You really deserve to be the first in all assessments. You made such a big noise on your first voyage. I only sank one ship, and a coal ship only sunk a total of
About four thousand tons.”
Hess patted his good friend on the shoulder and said: "It's already pretty good. I'm just lucky. How about it? I heard that I have to rest for two days when I return to Hong Kong. Let's go have a drink with some old friends."
Mundell nodded and said: "Of course, I'm going to call someone. This time I want you, a great hero, to treat me. Let's go to the best hotel and spend your bonus well."
Within a few days, the Sar Empire Navy received a lot of information, claiming that dozens of merchant ships were attacked by mysterious weapons and sank. The strange thing is that according to the surviving sailor's response, these merchant ships did not see warships nearby nearby nearby nearby.
So a large number of navy cruisers were sent out to search for mysterious attackers.
"Boat chief, where are we going this time?" The helmsman asked excitedly. After the last sailing and several battles, he was no longer nervous.
Hess smiled and said: "Let's go to Liverpool Military Port."
"What?" The big deputy on the side exclaimed: "The defense there is very tight."
Hess laughed: "Yes, but they don't know that they can attack underwater, we have a very big chance to succeed."
Due to the excellent performance of Hers's last time, all the boat members on the U21 submarine were regarded as a hero. Now they are very convinced of Hers. They heard Hess's explanation and they are also eager to try.
Taking advantage of the night, the U21 submarine, which has been fully charged by the battery, quietly sneaked into the water in a small harbor near Liverpool's port, and began to slowly approach the military port.
From time to time, Hess rose up the subtitaic sticks to observe the situation nearby, and then quickly fell to prevent it from being discovered by the enemy. The boatman responsible for the underwater listener was always concerned about the even and its tiny sound in the headphones.
In order to be able to increase the underwater voyage as much as possible, the submarine advanced at the most economical five -point speed. It took two hours to come to the entrance to the military port for two hours.
Hess rose up the subtitaic phrase again to observe: "Treating to 093, a quarter of a full speed, we go to the small harbor."
This operation is very dangerous, because the attack of the military port plus the round -trip range has almost reached the limit of the sea wolf 1 submarine in the water underwater, so Hess has to hurry up the time to charge again, so that he can have more ones herself, so that he has more ones herself.
Mobility.
Entering the small harbor, the U21 submarine was parked under a coal -deduction boat. At this time, the warning in the military port was very relaxed, especially this humble small corner, and the coal -to -coal ship with no military value stopped, so here
There will be no guards at all.
U21 submarine extended the ventilation pipe out of the sea through the cover of the coal ship, and the diesel engine was turned on to charge the battery. The shadow of Hes also observed the virtual reality in the military port through the shadow of the coal ship.
Liverpool Military Port is one of the very important military ports of the Saar Navy. Here is a branch fleet of the Sar Navy's local fleet.
The same full -caliber main gun battleship has become a Chinese ship. The previous type of second -level main guns became a former Chinese ship). In addition, there are eight old -style iron armored ships and as many as 13 cruisers and a large number of supply fleets.
This time Hess came here for the warship, but he knew the power of fish torpedo. Those new battleships did not have much effect at all, so he set the goal on the old -fashioned iron armor and cruisers.
The "brave" iron armored ship is the last class iron armored ship built by the Sar Empire. Although it has a displacement of up to 11,000 tons, due to the appearance of the "Lanting" class, it has made it a elimination product. Now it is only only a product.