Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 700 Chapter 700 Port Ghost
"Boom!" Just as Bunas 3 was hit by a torpedo, flooded in a large amount and began to run aground on the anchorage, the sideboard of the Bunas 2 battleship suddenly exploded tragically.

One part of the sailors on the deck was engulfed by the explosion, and another part was thrown into the air along with the debris of the deck.

Everyone was stunned, they didn't know what happened, only a few people realized that they might have been attacked.

But this is Bunas Naval Port!There are still patrolling destroyers on guard outside. How did the enemy launch an attack without an alarm?
Between the lightning and the flint, a huge explosion sounded again, and the battleship Bunas 2 was hit by a torpedo again. The side with almost no mine protection design was flooded with water, and the entire battleship began to roll.

Sea water poured into the cracks in the crooked steel plates like a frenzy, filling up those watertight compartments immediately.Because the doors of many cabins were damaged by the explosion, almost instantly, the sea water poured into the corridor and spread to more places.

The water ingress was too fast, and the damage effect of the torpedo was more than one level stronger than that of the artillery shells. The location of the damage was underwater, so the amount of water ingress that ten shells could not cause was easily achieved by one torpedo.

Just like the flood that happened in the Tang Dynasty, the seawater pouring into the cabin instantly engulfed the seats and hammocks, engulfed the resting sailors, and engulfed the large-caliber shells scattered all over the place due to the vibration.Those powerful 350 mm caliber shells were soaked in sea water, at least avoiding the risk of martyrdom.

Seawater quickly poured into the power compartment, and the boiler workers and sailors who didn't know what had happened just recovered from the explosion just now, but they were thrown upside down by the seawater that rushed in.

The soldiers fled frantically, and the watertight hatches that were too late to close did not have the effect of isolating the sea water, and soon all the cabins at the bottom were flooded.

The subsequent second and third explosions also brought to naught all efforts to rescue the warship. The bottom deck of the battleship flooded with water in many places was completely out of control, and the battleship rolled uncontrollably.

Battleships these days have no design for underwater defense against torpedoes at all, and even deliberately lowered the defense of the underwater part in order to reduce weight. When facing torpedoes, they are simply in a weak state.

Accompanied by three tragic explosions, the roll angle of the battleship Bunas 2 was close to 45 degrees, and soon one deck fell into the water.

Fortunately, because this is a natural anchorage, the water depth does not exceed ten meters. The Bunas 3 has sunk to the bottom of the sea, and the bridge and chimney mast are exposed, and it has not completely sunk to the bottom of the sea.

It is also unlikely that Burnas 2 will completely sink to the bottom of the sea. One side of it will soon sink to the bottom of the sea, but the other side still floats on the sea surface because it still has some buoyancy, looking in a state of embarrassment.

At this time, the fool also knew that this was definitely not an accident.Therefore, all the warships docked in the port pulled their anchors and set sail, causing the entire anchorage to become a mess.

There are still people who fell into the water calling for help on the sea, and the tall warships on the sides began to speed up and leave this dangerous area regardless of the life or death of these people.

The battleships Burners 1 and Burners 4 semaphore each other, asking nearby ships to guard their safety.

"No chance! The opponent's warship is moving!" Seeing that he lost the angle of attack, the captain of the U-11 submarine muttered depressingly.

He originally wanted to find an opportunity to attack another battleship, but unfortunately, his submarine sailed too slowly underwater, and finally missed the best opportunity to attack.

So he could only turn the bow of the ship resentfully, and try his luck with the two torpedo tubes at the tail.

Two torpedoes were fired again. The U-11 submarine had exhausted all the torpedoes it could launch immediately, and it took a long time to reload the torpedoes.

In order to prevent the enemy from discovering him, the captain retracted the periscope, and led his submarine to touch the open sea little by little.

In the chaos, the sky was completely dark, searchlights were sweeping back and forth on the water, and everyone was looking for possible enemy "sabotage personnel".

Yes, after questioning many of the destroyers on perimeter alert, the fleet commanders contemplated the sabotage of the end blast from enemy spies.

After all, it is impossible for an enemy warship to enter a heavily guarded anchorage silently, so internal sabotage or a small group of personnel sneaking in to sabotage becomes a more reasonable inference.

While everyone was playing the exciting Werewolf Killing in their respective battleships, one of them had already been activated and blocked the cruiser on the side of the battleship Burnas 4, the flagship of the main fleet of the Lions Empire. track.

The sailor operating the searchlight frowned, and then swept the searchlight back to the track. After confirming that this distinctive track did exist, he adjusted the light closer, trying to find the end of the track.

As a result, by the time he saw the track was rushing towards the side of the cruiser he was in, it was too late.

He widened his eyes, and saw an unknown thing approaching the side of his ship, and then the side of the ship was torn apart by the explosion, and his whole body was thrown into the sky due to the violent shock.

On both sides of the huge water column, the cruiser was lifted up in the middle by the explosion, and the ends of the two sides were folded into a strange angle, and then the middle section that was raised high quickly fell back, while the front and rear of the battleship were simultaneously raised by the sea water. Lift high.

The admiral of the Lions Empire, who had just arrived at the bridge and commanded the fleet to prepare for the battle, saw the explosion.He saw the cruiser in front of him, which was broken into two in front of him.

Another explosion followed, and the cruiser, which had been broken into two pieces, was hit hard again. The stern of the ship, which hadn't recovered its calm, was once again engulfed by the explosion.

The rising water column was nearly a hundred meters high, and the falling sea water even hit the glass window of the bridge of his flagship.

"Where is the enemy? Find out the hidden spy who destroyed the battleship!" The admiral of the Lions Empire clenched his fists and ordered word by word, gnashing his teeth angrily.

He has not heard the whistle of the shells, nor has he seen any shells fall.So he thought, it must be man-made sabotage, so he must find those damn saboteurs!
"Sir! The destroyers guarding the periphery didn't find any enemy warships! They didn't hear the sound of the guns, and they didn't see the light of the gunfire." An officer reported nervously.

"The destroyers on the outskirts are searching the water surface, and no suspicious boats have been found..." Another officer hurriedly reported.

"Strengthen internal patrols! The guards carry weapons! All active personnel should be in groups of at least three! Supervise each other! Prevent people from deliberately sabotaging the warship!" The admiral issued a series of orders, and he cannot rule out that internal personnel are sabotaging the warship.

After all, everyone knows that Tang's intelligence personnel are pervasive. Under all unknown circumstances, there is also the possibility of sabotage by personnel inside the ship.

Thinking of this, he continued to order: "Check every corner of the battleship! Report any suspicious items immediately!"

He was already jittery, and he didn't know what he should do. If he hadn't been determined, he might have ordered water to be poured into the ammunition depot at this time to imitate a possible suicide explosion.

What he didn't know was that the culprit who caused the massacre of the entire battleship in Bunas Harbor at this moment had already disengaged and drifted away leisurely into the depths of the ocean.

"What exactly happened?" Cyric's advisor arrived late, walked into the bridge and looked at the sinking cruiser in the distance.

"We were attacked. I don't know if it was the explosives placed by the spies or something else. In short, my fleet is over!" The admiral replied bitterly, even crying in his tone.

He hadn't seen his enemy, and his fleet hadn't even left the port, and half of the four main battleships had been sunk!
That's half of the core combat power!That is the strongest combat power at sea that the entire empire spent huge sums of money on!That was the... battleship that His Majesty the Emperor placed high hopes on!
In this way, two ships were sunk for no apparent reason!There are two ships!How does this make him explain to his majesty the emperor?

What he didn't know was that the same thing had happened in many ports.Goblin's fleet was not attacked because it went north to Dorne ahead of time.

However, Gobul's port was not spared. Several transport ships with the largest tonnage docked in the port were sunk, and all of them sank in Gobul's largest port.

At the same time, Dorne's Neverwinter Harbor was also attacked, two cruisers were inexplicably sunk, and a transport ship of 10,000 taels was not spared.

The Poplar Kingdom's fleet also suffered heavy losses. A battleship was sunk, and two cruisers were sunk in the port, completely paralyzing the Osa naval port."Ghosts" also appeared in their Nanshui Port. Three civilian ships were sunk, and no one saw the attackers.

The Yongdong Port suffered heavy losses. The left-behind Yongdong-class battleship was seriously injured and sank at the anchorage of the port, and two cruisers sank.

The Great South Bay of Mirage was even more lively, more than ten ships were attacked, and thick smoke was rising everywhere.However, the Phantom Fleet left the port ahead of time and escaped unharmed.

Without knowing the existence of new weapons such as submarines, the navies of various countries called this attack a "ghost attack", and because the worst loss was in Bunas Port, these ghosts of the Tang Kingdom were also called ghosts. Burners Ghost.

The fleet of the coalition forces has lost 4 battleships before it is assembled, and many ports have been paralyzed due to the attack.

(End of this chapter)