The earliest submarine was a human-propelled wooden submarine built by the Dutchman Delebushher in 1624.
The wooden submarine was covered with greased leather and had holes on both sides of the hull from which the paddles extended out of the boat.
There are 12 oarsmen on the boat, which relies on human power to move forward. It can submerge for several hours in water of four to five meters deep, and can carry many people aboard.
In order to keep the air inside the boat clean, there is a special liquid inside the boat that can absorb carbon dioxide.
However, at such an urgent moment, Seymour did not think of a submarine. After all, he was not a science fiction novelist.
It's not that he has no knowledge, it's that he doesn't have enough time to think.
The captain saw the periscope sticking out of the water. It was just a strange little object with a lens.
But when Seymour looked over again, he could only see two torpedoes approaching the battleship at high speed from a few hundred meters away.
Naturally, the captain of the "Warrior" also noticed it, and he slammed the rudder.
Turning a heavy battleship takes time.
The two torpedoes went straight to the butt of the "Warrior" as if they had eyes.
This warship will meet the same fate as his predecessor.
After being hit, the stern of the "Warrior" was thrown up, revealing its huge propeller, and then suddenly fell down.
General Seymour, who was in the command cabin, was bounced high and his head hit the ceiling of the command cabin.
He was already quite old and could not withstand such an impact. He fainted immediately.
"Okay, so damn awesome." Bao Youzhi also heard the movement behind him on the "Zhenhai", and he shouted excitedly.
Even the word "awesome" invented by the president was used.
"Haha! Order the fleet to turn around and we will fight back."
After Guo Yan's submarine moved one thousand meters south, it raised its periscope again.
Very good! The battleship he focused on is listing.
He looked to the west again.
Wisps of black smoke from the explosion on the sea reached into the sky.
There was no need for him to go back and take risks.
The submarine has been reloaded with torpedoes, and is ready to go back and refill at any time.
The four frigates led by the Ying army had already turned around and returned quickly due to the sudden change.
The frigate following behind looked around in panic for the invisible enemy.
Guo Yan knew that the other submarines must be fleeing the battlefield as planned.
"Let's go, let's continue moving south and hide on the south bank." Guo Yan ordered.
The submarine then dived underwater and continued to move south.
Their mission has been completed. This is an unprecedented harvest.
The Great Empire's expeditionary fleet is about to annihilate the Renaissance Army's combined fleet.
But at the last moment, he was buried in the hands of a group of assassins hiding underwater.
The Fuxing Army had no time to be happy, and the Yin Army had no time to lament.
Unlike yesterday's battle, today's battle was decided in less than half an hour.
There is only one lucky cruiser left among the battleships of the Dayang Navy.
An additional six frigates survived.
The other battleships either sank or were listed severely.
The surviving battleships are trying their best to rescue the officers and soldiers who fell into the water.
When General Seymour woke up, he was already lying in the medical bay of the cruiser "Tyche".
She is indeed the goddess of luck. The name "Tyche" is really well chosen.
"Tyche" is the name of the goddess of luck in ancient Greek mythology.
It escaped the attack of four torpedoes and saved itself completely.
But soon Bao Youzhi came back with the combined fleet.
The command flag has been raised and the "Tyche", which has been promoted to flagship, can only retreat westward with the remaining frigates.
The situation was suddenly reversed.
The Great White Fleet, which had vigorously pursued the United Fleet for hundreds of nautical miles before, was now left with only a group of defeated troops.
The way they fled was much more embarrassing than before the Renaissance Army.
"Go forward at full speed, don't let any of them escape." Bao Youzhi ordered, his voice full of excitement.
If you win, all the sacrifices will be worth it. The battleships lost and the soldiers sacrificed are all valuable.
Bao Youzhi was not prepared to win the previous battle at the Badu Strait. After all, the gap between the two sides was too big.
But that battle must be fought. If not fought, how could the Japanese army pursue the Renaissance army, and how could they obediently enter the ambush circle of the submarine detachment?
Then some people may ask, why not just let the submarines participate in the ambush in the Eighth Strait?
It was like the situation on the battlefield with shells flying everywhere.
The submarine may be blown to the bottom of the sea by artillery shells before it can lurk next to the enemy ship.
In addition, current communication levels are insufficient, and submarine detection equipment, such as sonar and other equipment, have not yet been developed.
Therefore, it is impossible to complete such a high-level cooperative operation.
All submarines can do are sneak attacks and ambushes.
Therefore, Bao Youzhi could only formulate such a seemingly cruel plan.
First use the weak force to fight the enemy decisively.
This decisive battle needs to be realistic, so you have to use all the means you seem to have.
Then, after all the means are exhausted, try to retreat with the main force.
Seeing the heavy losses of the Renaissance Army, the Yin Army will definitely continue to pursue and try to completely eliminate the Renaissance Army's navy.
This is not to say that the Yin army is so greedy. But under such circumstances, a qualified general will definitely make such a choice.
Because chasing and destroying the Renaissance Army is the most beneficial thing for the Yin Army.
Bao Youzhi took advantage of this mentality of the enemy.
At the beginning, when the Nanyang Navy was first established, he had close contact with the Chinese people.
He still has a certain understanding of these Yuguo guys.
This is a group of extreme utilitarians who will not give up any opportunity on the battlefield.
The remaining battleships of the Yin army seemed to have lost their souls.
No one can accept such an incredible result.
Without even seeing the shadow of the enemy, the main force of the entire fleet was destroyed.
After such a strange scene and such a battle report are reported, will the people in the Navy believe it?
Petry was still conscious at this time. Since Sir Seymour was still in a coma, as the chief of staff of the fleet, he temporarily took over the command of the fleet.
The original Great White Fleet can now only be called the "Little White Fleet".
It lost all its battleships and only one remaining cruiser.
Oh, and one ship was damaged and sent back to Mumbai for repairs.
The Renaissance Army also has eight main battleships of the same level as the Lady Luck.
This is why Bao Youzhi must keep his main battleship.
"Inform all warships to retreat with all their might and stop rescuing people," Petry ordered.
The remaining seven warships of the Yin Army turned around and retreated to the west as quickly as possible.
Bao Youzhi led the fleet in hot pursuit behind Houmi.
"Leave two frigates to salvage the prisoners. The remaining warships will catch up with me."
"Commander, your plan is successful. These soldiers still want to escape." Wang Huatao said excitedly.
Their combined fleet achieved great success this time.
With such great achievements, no one will care about the previous losses.
After all, that loss is a drop in the bucket compared to the current achievements.
"This time, if none of them can escape, this war can be over. From now on, the Indian Ocean will be ours." Bao Youzhi said with great pride.
It stands to reason that the fastest torpedo boat in the fleet should be rushing to the front at this time.
With the speed of the torpedo boats, they should be able to catch up with the remaining warships of the Japanese army very quickly.
But at this time, there was no trace of torpedo boats in the combined fleet.
The Yin army was retreating westward at full speed.
Ahead was Rama Bridge. At this time, the military doctor from the medical cabin came over to report that General Seymour had woken up.
Petry quickly arrived at the medical cabin.
"General, thank God you're awake!" Petry said happily.
"Yes, Petry, but I think I should sink to the bottom of the sea with the fleet." General Seymour's face was full of guilt.
"Oh my God, this is like a nightmare. Petry, do you see our enemy clearly?"
"No, I didn't see it. I asked everyone, and they didn't see it. Those people were hiding under the water in the distance. I think it might be a submarine of the Renaissance Army. I still have a scientific research on this name.
I saw it in a magazine. The article was about a naval architect's vision of future maritime weapons. One of them is a submarine that can sail underwater."
"God, who would have thought that the Renaissance Army would have moved it into actual combat. It's unimaginable that these conservative Easterners would always come in front of us." Petri's words were full of emotion.
Feeling of powerlessness.
"It's a new weapon again. Why do they take out new weapons every time? How many new weapons do they have yet to take out? Why don't they take out them all at once? Is it possible that next time they fight, they will have to build a flying ship in the sky?
ship?"
Da Ying's navy had just thought of a way to restrain torpedo boats, and the Renaissance Army had developed a submarine that could sail underwater.
This makes it difficult for the Yin army to continue sailing on the sea in the future.
Submarines on the sea are visible to the naked eye and can be prevented, but how do you spot submarines underwater?
Should the warships be allowed to run to land to take shelter?
Seymour knew that he had not lost unfairly, but he was still filled with self-blame.
"Your Excellency, Commander, I think the opponent's submarine still has great limitations. Otherwise, why would they have to ambush in the strait?"
"Where we had previous naval battles, these submarines can participate in the battle. In that case, the Renaissance Army will not have to lose so many small warships."
"Petry, what you said makes sense, so our decision to pursue the enemy was wrong. But now is not the time to talk about this. What is the situation outside now?" Seymour asked.
"Commander, we have one cruiser and six destroyers left. Those warships were seriously injured. When we retreated, I had ordered them to sink themselves. In terms of personnel, we only had time to pick up more than a thousand people. The Renaissance troops who escaped before
The combined fleet is coming back again, we have to hurry up and retreat..."
Petry briefly described the current situation.
Even though General Seymour was fully mentally prepared, he almost exploded.
"General, the Rama Bridge is just ahead, and we will leave the strait soon." Petry added.
"Rama Bridge? Petry, hurry up and get the fleet ready for battle." Seymour seemed to have a premonition of something, and said to Petry in a hurried tone.
"General, are you saying there is an enemy ambush ahead?" Petry guessed what Seymour meant.
As if to confirm Seymour's words, the sound of shelling from the Yin Army frigates was heard from ahead.
The remaining ten torpedo boats of the Renaissance Army retreated relatively quickly and had long since disappeared from the enemy's sight.
Before entering the strait, Bao Youzhi asked He Wenxiong to hide in the southern waters with the torpedo boat detachment. After the Japanese army entered the strait, they ambush on the west side of Rama Bridge.
If the submarine ambush failed, they would retreat to Colon Harbor to assist in the port's defense.
If the ambush is successful and the Yin army is severely damaged, they will ambush the Yin army when they cross the Rama Bridge sea channel.
The waterway here is so narrow that only one warship can pass through.
If there is one man who is in charge, no one can stop him.
The submarine force did not disappoint He Wenxiong. He finally had the opportunity for revenge.
In this battle, the torpedo boat detachment suffered very heavy losses. Almost half of the ships were lost. The casualties were more than half, and some soldiers were captured by the Japanese army.
He Wenxiong knew that their sacrifice was worth it. He did not hate Bao Youzhi for making them cannon fodder and chess pieces.
As long as the final victory can be achieved, the entire torpedo boat detachment can be sacrificed.
However, he was very angry with Yin Jun.
In addition, their torpedo boat detachment did not have any decent military exploits this time.
Seeing the number of battleships that the Japanese army retreated from, it can be seen that the submarine detachment achieved a great victory.
Why doesn't this make him jealous?
In the narrow waterway of Rama Bridge, large warships had to pass through in a row. However, He Wenxiong's torpedo boats could go side by side.
The draft of catamarans is inherently shallower than ordinary ships, which is their advantage.
"Each boat launched an attack as planned to avenge the sacrificed brothers." He Wenxiong ordered.
He arranged the torpedo boats in three rows and faced the oncoming Yin Army frigate.
The Yin army had no choice at this time. They tried their best to escort the flagship back.
The cannons on the frigate opened fire without slowing down at all, as if they were trying to create a way out.
Seymour still stayed in the medical room, and he handed over the command to Petry.
Petry asked the six frigates to rush forward with all their strength. Don't worry about the obstruction of the torpedo boats of the Renaissance Army. They must not slow down.
If it slows down, it will fall into the hands of the combined fleet behind, which will be really troublesome.
Ying Jun also showed unprecedented courage at this time.
The frigate greeted the torpedo boat with full firepower.
He Wenxiong originally wanted to engage the opponent in close combat, but later found that he really couldn't do it unless all his torpedo boats were destroyed.
"Damn it, don't fight them desperately. Victory already belongs to us anyway. Each boat fired its torpedoes and withdrew from the battle."
The torpedo boat formations advancing in sequence launched torpedoes in the distance, then made a sharp turn and exited the battlefield.
A dense array of torpedoes attacked from the front, interrupting the enemy's advancing formation.
Two frigates were unable to escape and were hit by torpedoes and perished in the sea. However, before being hit, they moved westward and left the main channel, which allowed the warships behind them to pass smoothly.
Because the opponent's firepower was strong, He Wenxiong failed to find a chance in the end.
Bao Youzhi's main fleet only caught up to the tail of the Yin army.
But the shelling along the way did not cause fatal damage to the Lady Luck.