The latest website: www. Like the past, after eating breakfast, the old Tom was carried on the beach's wooden trestle to fish with fishing gear.
For Old Tom, this is just the most ordinary day in his life. Although he lost two fingers in the Civil War, this will not affect his life - as a native of New York, as the city
With the expansion, his fields became a cluster of houses. Although the wooden three-story buildings were damp and dark, they were always filled with tenants, including Irish, Italians, Greeks, Russians, and Ukrainians.
People, Germans, Spaniards, etc.
They come to New York from various European countries and earn a cheap salary of tens of cents a day, and then what?
Half of the money fell into the hands of Old Tom - the house had to pay rent.
"As long as New York is here, those people will continue to come here and rent my house..."
Life was really easy and comfortable for Old Tom. While fishing, Mrs. Billy's beautiful face and plump figure appeared in his mind.
Some tenants would even use their wives to pay the rent because they couldn't pay the rent. Of course, Old Tom would not refuse, but he would only waive the rent for a few days. That guy Billy worked too hard.
, can actually afford to pay the rent.
Really...why can't we drink too much and gamble?
Otherwise... But, God bless, now the war has broken out, and Billy will be drafted soon, and then what?
Mrs. Billy...will need his help to waive some of the rent.
Because of this, Old Tom spends his days fishing and playing poker.
He enjoys this life very much.
"This is life..."
Holding the pipe in his hand, while Old Tom was lamenting the beauty and fulfillment of life, the sound of a whistle came from the sea.
"beep……"
Amidst the sound of the merchant ship's whistle, Old Tom raised his head and saw a 10,000-ton ship blowing its whistle as if it was about to enter the port. An American flag was hoisted on the ship.
"Back from Europe..."
Almost the moment Old Tom finished speaking, he heard a violent explosion. Along with the explosion, a huge water column rose from the side of the merchant ship.
"This, what's going on..."
Then there was another loud noise. Old Tom looked at the rapidly sinking merchant ship in shock. He was stunned. Soon
On this day, the whole of New York was stunned by the sinking of the USS Mason.
How is this going?
Almost everyone in New York is asking.
"It's a mine! The Ming Dynasty laid mines in the Hudson River!"
Amid people's cries of assurance, the Navy conducted an inspection of the mouth of the Hudson River, and in the end the survivors' memories told people that it was not a mine, but a torpedo!
torpedo!
The U.S. Navy soon proved this, and the USS Mason was torpedoed by a Ming Empire submarine.
It was also from this day that the Empire's Sea Wolf came into the world's sight.
Before this, the Empire's Sea Wolf was hardly a secret, but as the French built submarines ten years ago, in the past ten years, each major maritime power has its own submarines, but those submarines have never been carried out.
Actual attack.
Now, the Empire's Sea Wolf has scored first blood. Of course, this "first blood" is what the outside world thinks. After all, as early as the South China period, it had sunk an Argentine ironclad with torpedoes and submarines.
However, until now, this result has been kept secret. Everyone thought it hit a mine. Even in the days after the USS Mason was sunk, New Yorkers thought it hit a mine.
As a new type of weapon, submarines have not fully demonstrated their combat effectiveness until now. However, for the Imperial Navy, they have included submarines in a way to balance the gap in strength between the Imperial Navy and enemy navies.
important weapon.
"With insufficient strength, we will attack from underwater to destroy and severely damage the Royal Navy!"
It was also driven by this guiding ideology that the Imperial Navy built a submarine base on the Karume Peninsula near Conakry, the colonial capital of Guinea.
According to the "Sea Wolf Plan" formulated by the Imperial Navy, Imperial Navy submarines will depart from here during wartime to conduct underwater operations in the waters surrounding the United Kingdom.
In fact, France is definitely the closest to Britain, but as a confidential weapon, submarines did not consider French military ports in the original plan. The colony of Guinea, which is closest to Europe, became the best choice. Although the navy built
It is a dedicated port, but for many years the port was used as a naval anchorage.
It was not until the outbreak of the war that the imperial submarine force made adjustments, sailed from the empire's mainland to Guinea, and transported a large amount of supplies to the Xincheng anchorage. After more than a month of preparation, twelve submarines entered the submarine base.
, can really be put into use.
Under the cover of twilight, a submarine sailed out of the port, quickly entered the sea, and headed into the distance at full speed.
Floating on the sea surface, the S83 submarine plowed through the waves like a blue whale. The turbulent waves kept hitting the submarine deck, creating waves several meters high.
Standing on the small bridge, Wu Min'an observed the sea from time to time. When the front deck of the submarine sank with the waves, the waves would hit him. When the bow of the boat rose, the man emerged from the sea again.
This is a common thing when a submarine is sailing on the sea. Whenever the bow of the submarine sinks and waves come, Wu Min'an will hold on to the support to prevent the waves from being thrown off the bridge that is constantly shaking with the waves.
Raising the telescope again, Wu Min'an looked towards the dark ocean. There was no movement on the rough sea.
A submarine's war voyage is always like this - long and empty!
"As long as we can find a target!"
Wu Min'an was thinking in his mind that since the troops arrived in New City, they had not received any reports on the results of the battle. In order to expand the results, three days ago, the Navy Department finally issued an order to allow the submarine force to enter the British offshore waters to conduct operations.
Although they will carry out attack missions around the British Isles, if they can find merchant ships of hostile countries in the sea areas along the way, it will at least be a very gratifying result. After all, this sea area is a must-pass for African routes. In the past,
There are many ships from various countries traveling between them.
As long as a target of a hostile country is discovered, the submarine will immediately launch an attack and sink a merchant ship - which is also a victory!
After all, merchant ships are also valuable targets!
Basically, for submarines, merchant ships... are the main targets of submarines. After all, merchant ships do not have any weapons. Are there any more suitable targets on the sea than merchant ships?
The only prerequisite is...it needs to be discovered.
Only when it is discovered can an attack be carried out.