1825 My New Daming

Chapter 432 The Royal Navy has passed the battlefield, where is the Royal Navy going?

"How many ships have gone out?"

Among the gently undulating waves in the port of Colombo, a strong shirtless man was staring at the British warships leaving the port from underwater through a specially constructed telescope called a periscope. He wiped the sweat that was pouring from his forehead with a towel.

This job of hiding in a submarine to monitor enemy ports, especially those in the tropics, is really not done by humans.The inside of the submarine was stuffy and hot, and there were dozens of rough men stuffed inside the stuffy canned submarine. After a long time, the inside of the cabin was full of mixed smells of engine oil, diesel and stinky sweat.And recently the British also know that the Ming Navy has ships that can dive underwater!So they also thought of some anti-submarine methods, including "watching" and "exploding".

The so-called look is to let the watchmen look underwater or on the water surface from the lookout post of the ship or the airship flying at low altitude-submarines in this era cannot dive for a long time, because diesel engines cannot be used when submerging, only diesel engines can be used. The battery is used to drive the propeller, not to mention the slow speed, the power in the battery is limited, so the time that the submarine can submerge is also very short.Under normal circumstances, submarines only dive for a while when they are close to enemy ships or enemy ports. Most of the time, especially when they are on the road, they usually float.And when floating, it is easy to be discovered by the airship!Even if the submarine is in a submerged state, as long as it is not at night, the watchmen can still roughly judge the position of the submarine through the track left by the periscope, the snorkel and the fired steam gas torpedo on the sea.Sometimes, if the water is very clear and the submarine is not deep enough, the watchmen can even see the submarine in the water through the return water.

And after seeing the submarine, of course he dropped the bomb in the water!The reason why the bomb exploded underwater and squeezed the hull of the submarine can be quickly thought of by the British IQ. After all, the reason is the same as that of a torpedo breaking the thick hull of a battleship.

So the British quickly figured out a way to drop bombs into the sea, and they also equipped the bomb with a water pressure fuze and a trigger fuze, which can explode when a certain water pressure is reached or when it touches the hull of the front boat.

Numerous submarines have been reported to have been bombed in recent months, and five submarines have gone missing.Therefore, the Ming Navy Submarine Command issued an order not long ago, requiring all submarines not to approach enemy ships during the day, and all active attacks can only be launched at night!At the same time, submarines must also be particularly careful when performing reconnaissance and minelaying tasks, and must not approach the enemy's heavily guarded ports during the day.

However, the Western Fleet of the Ming Navy did not relax its monitoring of Colombo Port because of this—the location of this port is too critical, and it is the last supply base before the British Royal Navy Indian Fleet goes deep into the Indian Ocean to perform combat missions.The Port of Colombo is about 1000 nautical miles away from Mumbai, which means that the Colombo base can allow the Indian fleet to have an additional 1000 nautical miles.

Moreover, since the UK has been operating in Colombo for many years, the port facilities here are good, and it also has a dock that can repair and maintain large ships. Hindustan Shipyard has also opened a branch in Colombo, which can overhaul British warships of any level in Colombo .

Therefore, the Indian Grand Fleet can not only carry out the last supply before the battle in Colombo, but even carry out the last overhaul here. The engineers and workers of the Hindustan Shipyard will ensure that all ships can have the best condition.

Because of the importance of this port, the Western Fleet of the Ming Dynasty sent submarines, airships, camouflaged reconnaissance ships, and electronic signal monitoring ships to monitor the port 24 hours a day.

During the day, airships and scout boats disguised as large fishing boats operate in the skies and seas around Colombo.At night, the submarine assigned to the Western Fleet will approach quietly, use the periscope to scout, and then release ten or eight mines.
"Thirty-three ships have already left, and there is a steady stream of ships behind!" Major Luo Dagang, the captain of the B-33 large ocean-going submarine who personally observed with a periscope, blinked and said in a low voice, "I lost your mother, today Tonight is the day when the big fleet of the British ghosts will leave the port. It's a pity that all of our torpedoes are fired, otherwise we will be able to make meritorious service tonight!"

"It's not that simple," the submarine's chief mate, Lieutenant Luo Zenan, who has the same surname as Luo Ganggang and a different clan, stroked his mustache, and said in Hunan official words, "The area around Colombo Port is full of mines laid by the British army. Who dares to rush into the channel map? And their minelayers will be adjusted every few days. Last month, one of our camouflaged reconnaissance ships hit a mine when it approached for reconnaissance at night. I heard that there are more than 30 ships on it Everyone is alas!"

"Luo Shan (Luo Zenan's number), don't sigh, it's a war. There is no one who is immortal!" Luo Dagang comforted his old buddy, and then ordered loudly, "Radio station, contact the commander. Tell them Report, the large fleet of the English ghosts is leaving the port of Colombo!"

"Yes, sir!"

Following a series of radio waves from the B-33, the Admiralty of the Western Fleet far away from the Temasek Fortress soon learned that the British fleet had finally completed its rest and replenishment, and began a massive attack.

It was still in the middle of the night when the news arrived. Rear Admiral Luo Bingzhang, who was staying at the Admiralty Division of the Western Fleet on night shift, did not dare to be negligent, so he quickly hung up the phone to Admiral Li Chenghui, who was sleeping with Xinna's Japanese concubine in his arms. .

Half an hour later, the Admiral Division of the Western Fleet in the Temasek Fortress became lively. Admiral Li Da, who hurried over, yelled loudly as soon as he entered the combat command center: "Ru Zhai (Luo Bingzhang), where is our aircraft carrier?" ?”

"The first aviation battle is still searching for the British aircraft carrier formation that left Colombo 10 days ago near the Great Strait."

Chief of Staff Luo was referring to the First Aviation Squadron of the Western Fleet—the Western Fleet also has one Shuzhongwang class, one Guangdong class, and two Liaodong class ships.After learning that an aircraft carrier formation of the British Navy had left Colombo 10 days ago, they were immediately dispatched to set up ambushes near the Andaman Sea and the Great Strait—Li Chenghui and Luo Bingzhang’s thinking was quite novel, and they wanted to fight a battle between aircraft carriers of the Armageddon.

It's a pity that although the two of them had good ideas, the first flight war they sent out went around for ten days and found nothing.

The aircraft carrier formation of the British Royal Navy that went deep into the Indian Ocean seemed to have disappeared and completely lost its trace!
Now the main force of the British Royal Navy's Indian fleet is dispatched again, but don't lose sight of it again. If that's the case, the people of the Western Fleet will be lost!
The British Royal Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet is the opponent of the Western Fleet. If they can't fight it, it's another matter. What's the matter if they disappear under their noses?

"Let Yihang go out to search carefully near Ceylon Island before the battle!" Li Chenghui thought for a while, and then said, "Order. All dispatched!"

"Junmen, dispatch now?"

"Yes!" Li Chenghui nodded, "They will definitely stare at us. Let's make a big move, enter the Andaman Sea, put on a posture of attacking India, maybe we can attract them to a decisive battle!"

(End of this chapter)