General Ge Hongliu saw torpedo boats being continuously destroyed by the Song Navy, but he still had a smile on his face.
The Song Navy had no power to stop torpedo boats and believed that these small boats could not cause much damage.
Their main firepower was still attacking the two battleships Changping and Dawn.
In particular, the battleship Changping never retreated in order to attract the firepower of the Song Navy.
It received intensive firepower coverage from the Song Navy.
The Song Navy wanted to destroy the Chu Navy's flagship and defeat the Chu Navy's determination to resist.
There is no war without the dead. General Ge Hongliu laughed because he saw the hope of victory.
The Chu soldiers on the torpedo boat were worth their while.
The torpedo boat with hull number sixty-six, braving the rain of artillery shells from the Song Navy, relied on its flexible positioning to arrive 300 meters southwest of the flagship of the Song Navy, the battleship Conqueror.
This distance is already within the effective range of the torpedo.
Guan Shi, the captain of the torpedo boat, ordered in an excited tone: "Take advantage of this opportunity to launch torpedoes quickly."
Guan Shi looked at the cannonballs in the sky and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
At least half of the torpedo boats were hit by enemy shells before they reached the effective range of the torpedoes.
There is no armor protection on the torpedo boat at all. Even a small-caliber 115 mm naval gun can send the torpedo boat away with one shell.
Only the bullets from the multi-barreled machine guns on the ship can be loaded by the torpedo boat.
Guan Shi looked around and saw that the Song Navy already had destroyers clearing the torpedo boats approaching the Conqueror one by one.
Torpedo boat No. 66 is on the periphery, and they will soon encounter the destroyers of the Song Navy.
Guan Shi heard two pops, and the two torpedo tubes of the torpedo boat each fired a torpedo.
These two torpedoes were already loaded on the way here.
The gunner only needs to aim at the target to launch.
Guan Shi saw his subordinates continuing to load torpedoes and preparing to launch the second wave of torpedoes.
He sighed: "No chance."
The destroyers of the Song Navy have already approached torpedo boat No. 66.
If there is a chance to launch a second wave of torpedoes, Guan Shi will definitely continue to persist.
However, the loading steps of torpedoes are relatively complicated and it is impossible to load them quickly.
Guan Shi ordered a retreat, and the torpedo boats took advantage of the small boat's ability to turn around and flexibly moved around the battlefield and quickly evacuated the battlefield.
The gunner still did not give up and continued loading torpedoes while the torpedo boat was evacuating.
When they find a good opportunity, they will still launch torpedoes to attack the enemy.
Captain Guan Shi used his binoculars to keep an eye on the two torpedoes they launched.
The two torpedoes moved very quickly in the water, leaving only a string of bubbles on the sea surface. In the complex environment of the battlefield, they were not noticeable at all.
At a distance of three hundred meters, the torpedo was powered by compressed air, and it only took more than ten seconds to reach the battleship Conqueror.
Guan Shi heard three loud noises and saw two huge water columns rising from the middle of the battleship Conqueror, and a huge water column rising from the stern of the ship.
A smile appeared on his face, and the two torpedoes they launched all hit their targets.
One of the torpedoes launched by friendly forces nearby also hit the target.
Guan Shi was very sorry that the torpedo's accuracy was still too poor.
More than a dozen torpedo boats fired nearly thirty torpedoes, but only three torpedoes hit the target.
He saw the Song Dynasty battleship Conqueror's body tilting immediately after the torpedo exploded.
Captain Guan Shi did not know the extent of the damage to the Conqueror, but he knew that the Conqueror must withdraw from the battlefield now.
He was shocked when he saw this situation. He led the torpedo boat operations and regarded himself as a death squad.
But he really didn't know that torpedoes were so powerful that it only took three torpedoes to render a powerful battleship incapable of combat.
After Guan Shi saw the battleship Conqueror being hit, the Song Navy went crazy and pursued his little torpedo boat.
His expression changed drastically, and he immediately urged his subordinates to sail the ship quickly.
He prayed in his heart that he must escape from the battlefield.
With his military exploits, as long as he can return to the Chu army, he will surely prosper.
On the battleship Conqueror, Chinese Navy Commander Shi Tianyou covered his bleeding forehead and slowly stood up with the help of guards.
He held onto the handrail and remembered what had just happened.
A huge noise was heard, and the battleship Conqueror tilted violently.
He was commanding a fleet to fight when he was thrown directly against the wall by the huge inertia.
Shi Tianyou's head was smashed, and his mind went blank at that time.
After he stood up, he asked the medical soldiers to simply bandage his wounds.
He immediately picked up the phone and called the chief of staff of the fleet and the captain of the battleship Conqueror.
The first call couldn't be answered at all, so Shi Tianyou could only send someone to check the situation.
The second call was quickly answered, but the voice that rang was not that of the captain of the battleship Conqueror.
"Commander Shi, I am Xiao Wu, the staff officer of the Conqueror.
The captain, chief of staff and other superiors will do their best to solve the problems encountered by the battleship."
Shi Tianyou ignored the young staff officer and asked directly: "What's going on with the battleship Conqueror?"
Staff officer Xiao Wu replied with a slightly nervous tone: "Commander Shi, something big has happened.
The Chu navy used those small boats to carry powerful weapons.
This weapon can advance directly underwater at high speed.
This kind of weapon will explode directly underwater when it touches a warship.
The warship's protection below the waterline is not strong. As long as it is hit by this special weapon, the warship will be severely damaged.
Three huge holes appeared in the battleship Conqueror, and seawater continued to pour into the ship.
The captain took the damage control officer and went to repair the underwater hole."
When Commander Shi Tianyou heard the news, his face immediately turned livid.
The holes above the waterline of a warship are easy to repair, and these holes pose little threat.
The holes above the water in the warship, especially the holes opened by such a powerful weapon.
It is extremely difficult to repair, so we can only hope that the watertight cabin can be used normally.
After Commander Shi Tianyou restored communications, he also received information about the fleet's casualties.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The trump card of the Chu Navy is these small boats, which are equivalent to ancient fire ships.
Use warships of extremely low value to perish together with warships of high value.
The Song fleet had noticed the existence of these small boats before and had tried its best to clean them.
But there were still a large number of fish that slipped through the net. They approached the large warships and launched the secret weapons of the Chu Navy.
The Song Navy fleet suffered heavy losses, and two battleships were severely damaged.
Three cruisers were sunk and five cruisers were severely damaged.
The number of destroyers that blocked the attack for large warships was even greater.
Commander Shi Tianyou knew that with the launch of these small boats, the balance of victory on the battlefield had shifted towards the Chu Navy.
Once the main force of the Chu navy entangles them, these small boats will attack from the flanks.
The Song navy was likely to be completely destroyed in this battle.
When Commander Shi Tianyou thought of this result, his expression changed drastically.
He planned to quickly evacuate the battlefield before the Song Navy suffered heavy losses.
Commander Shi Tianyou was preparing to think of a good way to allow more warships of the Song Dynasty to safely withdraw from the battlefield.
The ringing of the phone in front of him suddenly occurred to him.
When Commander Shi Tianyou answered the phone, he heard anxious and angry voices.
"Master Shi, the situation on the Conqueror is very bad.
The hole under the boat was torn too big, and seawater kept pouring into the cabin.
The hatch of the watertight compartment has been locked, and the battleship Conqueror is still sinking slowly."
When Commander Shi Tianyou heard the news, his face turned livid.
The battleship Conqueror, the flagship of the Song Navy, could no longer be saved.
He was a little irritable, losing a battleship even though they had an absolute advantage.
This gives people the impression that he is incompetent.
Commander Shi Tianyou personally went to take a look at the damaged watertight warehouse of the battleship Conqueror.
Seeing the amount of water entering the bilge, he shook his head and returned to the ship island.
The battleship Conqueror has taken in so much water that it is almost impossible to save it, and the final result will be that it sinks to the bottom of the sea.
Commander Shi Tianyou thought of their battleship Conqueror, and he took a picture of the map with his hand.
The battleship Conqueror was severely damaged, and Commander Shi Tianyou had no choice but to give up.
He immediately decided to use the damaged warships to form a rear army.
The main body is the battleship Conqueror, which is about to sink, and the battleship Zheng He, which is damaged in power.
Commander Shi Tianyou said with a gloomy face: "As long as you can hold on for an hour and let the main force leave the battlefield, you can choose to surrender to the Chu army.
I will intercede for you, at least your family will not be harmed.
If you surrender to the Chu army in advance, our fleet will suffer serious damage.
Think about what would have happened to your family if I hadn't interceded."
Commander Shi Tianyou used both soft and hard tactics. In a short period of time, he left behind a group of people who were not welcome in the army.
He took the warship that was not seriously damaged and left the battlefield in embarrassment.
The Chu warships wanted to pursue them, but they were blocked by the scarred warships.
When General Ge Hongliu saw the situation on the battlefield, he laughed loudly and said: "We have won. The Song Navy can no longer dominate the Atlantic Ocean."
"General, the main force of the Song Navy has escaped. Can we pursue them?"
General Ge Hongliu reprimanded him mercilessly: "Are you short-sighted? The battleship Changping was attacked by the enemy and is now riddled with holes. Engineers need to inspect the warship.
We relied on torpedo boats to cause huge damage to the Song Navy by surprise.
The torpedo boat is flexible to use, but it must be a small warship, and its speed and range are its shortcomings.
The torpedo boats simply could not keep up with the fleeing Song navy fleet.
Not to mention that in our current state, even in our heyday, we may not be able to defeat the Song Dynasty's naval fleet.
If you catch up now, you will probably lose everything but lose the chicken.
With the cooperation of the torpedo boats, we captured as many warships as possible in the rear of the Song Navy. How easy it was."
Many generals of the Chu Navy lowered their heads in shame when they heard what Ge Hongliu said.
Seeing that General Ge Hongliu had no objection to this opinion, he directly asked the Chu fleet to begin to surround the remnants of the Song fleet.
The Chu naval fleet quickly attacked and besieged the warships behind the Chinese naval fleet.
They were all severely damaged, and their own strength had been reduced to nine out of ten.
The Chu navy fleet did not want to pay more casualties because of these dilapidated warships.
The two navies had a good tacit understanding and did not engage in archery and artillery fire at each other.
The Song Navy was preparing to delay, while the Chu Navy was considering ways to persuade them to surrender.
Time passed slowly, and things quickly took a turn for the better.
The battleship Conqueror received so much water that most of its hull sank into the sea.
The Song navy officers of the battleship Conqueror chose to surrender to the Chu navy.
The battleship Conqueror surrendered, which directly caused a chain reaction.
The remaining warships chose to surrender.
They have persisted for a long time, and the main force has safely left the battlefield. There is no need for them to continue to persist.
The Chu navy fleet went up to disarm these people.
There is no doubt that the Chu Navy won this war.
General Ge Hongliu returned to the island and wrote a detailed battle report on this war.
He also wrote suggestions for improvements and future development directions for torpedo boats.
After General Ge Hongliu finished writing the telegram, he immediately sent a telegram to King Lu Chenyang of Chu.
He also notified the logistics team of the Chu Navy to come here for simple repairs on the damaged warships.
If the problem cannot be solved here, the warship can only be returned to the Chu port for repairs.
General Ge Hongliu also sent a telegram to notify the troop transport ships hiding in the African interior.
This war has proven the strength of torpedo boats.
Chu's navy has enough strength to ensure the safety of its army.
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Changping of Chu State.
King Lu Chenyang of Chu had always been worried about the situation of Chu's naval operations.
If the Chu State now wants to accumulate a powerful navy, it will require a lot of effort.
The Chu Navy failed this time, and the Chu State could only lie low and dormant, waiting for new changes in the European region.
This time the Chu Navy fought a draw with the Song Navy.
With the strength of Song's navy, it would be difficult for Chu to seize the Jinhe area, and they could only choose to open up new colonies on unowned land.
Only if the Chu navy wins can the strategic goal of Chu King Lu Chenyang be achieved.
King Lu Chenyang of Chu had no hope for this outcome.
There is indeed a big difference in the strength of the navies of the two countries.
King Lu Chenyang of Chu did not sleep all night. He dozed off for a while while eating breakfast.
He was immediately awakened by the sounds of chaotic footsteps outside.
King Lu Chenyang of Chu saw a golden-haired eunuch running towards the study room quickly with a thick stack of telegrams in his arms.
The little golden-haired eunuch saluted and calmed his breathing at the same time.
"The king has previously given instructions to me that if there is any matter involving the navy, it will be handled by you."
King Lu Chenyang of Chu saw the contents of this telegram.
The fatigue on his face was wiped away, and he burst into laughter.
"General Ge Hongliu fought very well. This was a classic battle in which the weak defeated the strong.
The victory of this war completely revitalized Chu's strategy."
King Lu Chenyang of Chu looked at the telegram. He walked to the front of the map, picked up a pen and kept drawing circles on the map.
"Great, this is great.
The Song State's strategy completely collapsed, and this was the consequence of robbing the king's colonies."
King Chu Lu Chenyang sighed: "I was almost frightened by the strength of the Song Navy on paper.
True strength is the king, and opportunism has no effect at all."
King Lu Chenyang of Chu was very happy. He invited his officials to a banquet to share the good news.
