Alchemy Greater China

Seeing the torpedo hit the Pushkin with his own eyes, Fremantle, who was convinced that God was punishing him just now, suddenly changed his attitude. Now he was furious, clenched his old fists, and vowed to kill the bastard who secretly launched the torpedo. Torn into pieces.

If it was sunk by terrifying sea creatures, it could be attributed to bad luck, but if it was torpedoed and sank two battleships of the British Empire, then it was absolutely, absolutely not acceptable to Fremantle!

The orderly went out in a hurry, and when he stepped out of the door, he heard another burst of cold convulsions and exclamations from the captain's cabin behind him: "Are there any mistakes? It's another torpedo?!"

Hearing the words, the messenger couldn't help poking his neck out, and saw another white line attacking from not far above the clear sky and blue sea. The identified 'torpedoes' are the same!

"Kill it, quick, don't let it hit again!"

In this case, not only the people on the Gogol were shouting, but the shouting on the Pushkin was even louder and more hysterical!

Lieutenant Colonel Moyes, the captain of the Pushkin, had a look of despair on his face.

In the collision just now, the damage suffered by the Pushkin was by no means as simple as what Benson and the others had seen on the Gogol.

The drug store is full, it's full! [

That damned torpedo directly blew up the bottom armor of the ship, and crashed into the drug storehouse of the Pushkin. It encountered explosives. Needless to say... The poor Pushkin also has a large frame of 8300 tons, but the armor on one side It was blasted through on the spot, and the diameter of the hole exceeded five meters!

More than one!

Black smoke billowed like a fire scene, and countless sailors screamed and fell into the fire and sea water, enjoying the service of ice and fire... The surrounding sea water was not poured from the bilge, but waiting in groups on the Pushkin. Next to the hole where one side was bombed in a mess.Just wait for the hull to tilt, and they will rush in together!

Because of the angle, the side of the Pushkin that was bombed was facing away from the Gogol, so Benson and Fremantle breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when the huge hull began to lose its balance, the people on the Gogol became restless.

"What's going on? The Pushkin seems to be collapsing!"

"Is it caused by the torpedo just now? Oh. This one must be stopped, with machine guns and rapid-fire guns... Damn it, why isn't the Pushkin firing? Are the people on it stupid?"

The cry on the Gogol belongs to "stand and talk without back pain". On the Pushkin, Moyes also wanted to fire the machine guns and rapid-fire cannons quickly, but a small half of the hull collapsed. People who can manipulate short-range weapons Either dead, or frightened.Or maybe it was blocked and unable to get through, so until the torpedo was in front of the eyes, there was still no one on the consoles of the eight machine guns and four rapid-fire guns!

Lieutenant Colonel Moyes is about to cry. He regrets two things now: one is why he didn’t arrange for a few people to operate the machine guns and rapid-fire guns in advance, and don’t all go to the main battery; the other is why he didn’t study hard when he was in the Naval Academy. Controlling the short-range weapons of the ship, there are now twelve weapons in front of him.But he is like an eunuch whose little jj has been cut off, facing the empty and lonely imperial concubine with heart...

"Which of you can shoot? Who can handle these machine guns. Rapid-fire guns, machine guns? Talk!" Moyes yelled at the people around him, his eyes widening, his face turning red and blue.

People answer, because they also need to answer at this time, and the white line in the sea suddenly disappears into the blind spot of everyone's sight: due to the delay for too long.The second LT torpedo has unceremoniously hit the Pushkin!

This time, the power of the LT torpedo was fully displayed in front of everyone. The sea shook, and the Pushkin suddenly rushed upwards, and a corner of the hull was shaken off the sea.The rusty bottom of the ship was completely exposed to the air.

Already out of balance, and then hit by the explosive force mixed with LT, the hull of the Pushkin seemed to be picked up by a giant palm, with an angle of inclination of nearly 50 degrees, and then the bow fell heavily, hitting the sea surface, turbulent The waves slapped on the side.

As a result, the crew on the Pushkin was in bad luck. They tasted the taste of "flying into the sky" for free. Many people were crushed and even crushed to death!

Its tragic situation cannot be described in words. [

The tragedy was on the Pushkin, but the pain was on the heart of Fremantle. The British general deeply understood the meaning of this Chinese idiom. Shouting and howling: "It's over, it's over, my Pushkin is also over! Woooooooo..."

Can it be over?

The LT torpedo just now blasted the Pushkin into the air. Although the time was short, it showed the three-dimensional panorama of the warship to Fremantle and the others: "Mother, half of the hull has been blown up. The crew follows." Dumplings generally fell into the burning sea...

This kind of scene that should exist in purgatory shocked the hearts of every sailor on the Gogol and the remaining two battleships!

Morale plummeted to the bottom!

But is it over?

Apparently not yet!

The Pushkin fell into the sea again, and the aftermath of the shock still persisted. On the surface of the sea not far away, the waves rolled, and a white line seemed to flash out from an unknown dimension, directly setting off crashing waves and heading towards Pushkin again at high speed No. hit.

The third LT torpedo!

Also, there are torpedoes? !Does this keep people alive?Don't play like this!

All members of Benson's fleet uttered a cry of despair in their hearts.

Among them, the surviving crew members on the Pushkin were even more ashen-faced: after they went through the sky just now, they also knew that what attacked them was a torpedo bomb from nowhere. The machine guns and rapid-fire guns ran to the positions: to intercept torpedoes, only such short-range and high-speed firing weapons are used!

The large-caliber artillery has lost its effectiveness at this time!

However, the reality is cruel, they were quickly disappointed, and then completely desperate!

First, many of them were stopped by the broken hull and couldn't get through at all.Or a small number of people were blown into the sea by sea wind and air waves when they made a forced leap;

Second, when a very small number of people finally came to the location of the twelve short-range weapons, they were shocked to find that those machine guns and rapid-fire guns were squeezed into a mass of scrap steel and rotten iron, which could not be used at all. up!

In this way, the Pushkin completely lost its resistance to the speeding torpedo.Isn't that heartbreaking?

The Pushkin was waiting to die, but Benson and Ferrymant on the Gogol were trying to "rescue me", only to hear Benson yelling: "The orderly! All Gori's cannons were aimed at that torpedo, and it must not hit the Pushkin again! Also, tell the Quadsha Leyan and the Maud Twin to prepare for close combat. The enemy is a torpedo. Repeat, the enemy It's a torpedo! Send me someone to closely monitor the sea surface. Use machine guns to intercept all torpedoes that appear! Destroy them!"

Using the cannons of the Gogol to shoot underwater torpedoes is simply a true interpretation of the cannon hitting mosquitoes. The result is needless to say... But at this time, it is a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and Fremantle knows it, Pushkin No. 90.00% nine is hopeless, firing now is nothing more than doing our best and inspiring people.Let your morale not be too low!

That's right, the enemy's face was not seen.Half of the ship was lost in such a humiliating manner, and five or six hundred crew members had to abandon the ship to escape. As the flagship of a fleet, if the Goree did not take any action, such as firing a gun, the morale of the surrounding soldiers would be greatly reduced. will drop to the bottom.There is no way to continue the rest of the battle!

So Freemant also echoed the order: "All British naval officers and men obey the order and return to their respective posts...I declare that all warships are in the highest state of combat readiness! I want the Gogol, the Moder, and the Kui. The Dexia Leyan formed a triangular mutual aid formation. Key positions such as artillery, machine guns, and rapid-fire machine guns on each battleship are not allowed to be empty... Observers and technical arms all take action for me, and put those few rounds into action. Calculate the launch point of the torpedo for me!"

The second in charge of the British Far East Fleet was really angry. When he realized that his enemy was hiding in the dark and only knew how to launch torpedoes despicably, he broke the boat and used all his years of experience in naval battles. , Ask the soldiers under his command to work together, abandon the barriers between Britain and the United States, jointly deal with this insidious enemy, and work together to overcome this difficult difficulty!

The three battleships formed a triangular mutual aid and mutual protection formation. Obviously, in Fremantle's mind, the Pushkin, the Rudhuan and the Dadurban have actually been strategically abandoned... At least, in the eradication In front of the "stealth torpedo launching battleship" suspected to be the Earl of the North Sea, Fremantle would not rescue the three sinking ships.

Let’s just sink, three ships are better than six ships at once, and it’s much better to wipe out the whole army!

On the deck of the Gogol, the orderlies and semaphore bearers flew back and forth, quickly passing on the orders of Benson and Fremantle, and in the process, the third LT torpedo also hit the Pushkin.

The poor Pushkin has a two-seater twin-mounted 14-inch main gun, but it didn't even see the enemy's face, so it ate two LT torpedoes raw, and its underwear was blown to pieces , tattered!

That's right, the current Pushkin is like a beautiful woman who has been stripped of her panties. The most beautiful and vital parts of her body are exposed. Facing the menacing torpedoes, all she can do is humiliately open her eyes. Thigh, meet the torpedo that looks like a drill bit and insert it hard!

The third lt torpedo smashed into the hull of the Pushkin, followed by a big explosion!Countless seawater and spray, driven by the LT explosion, burst out from the interior of the Pushkin in all directions. The seawater destroyed the steel parts and stirred up several parts. All kinds of metal fragments are like the sharpest lover's knife , across the bodies of American and British coalition soldiers... On the Pushkin, at this moment, there are not only raging fire and thick smoke, but also bloody sprays of sprayed ink and splashes of severed limbs!

Seen from a distance, the Pushkin is like a steel asteroid cursed by the gods, with storms, flames, earthquakes, tsunamis, bloody storms, screams and wailing...all the doomsday scenes you can imagine can be seen on it. Find the corresponding scene!

The third LT torpedo was regarded as a complete death sentence for the Pushkin. However, the sudden appearance of the fourth torpedo was to flog the body of the Pushkin again.

"Look, it's coming again! The torpedo is coming again!"

This time I was prepared.The observers and technical soldiers on the three surviving battleships including the Gogol shouted one after another. While shouting, they did not forget their own duties, picked up the tools they had to eat, and quickly calculated the torpedo launch. The possible location of the source.

When the fourth LT torpedo hit the Pushkin, it blasted the battleship, which had been shattered to the point that it was found in the garbage dump, into the blue sky again.The surveyors on the Gogol have already calculated the location of the torpedo, which is ten meters underwater to the left of the Zhenshi! !

"Underwater? Isn't it the Zhenshi? How could there be a torpedo under the water? There is nothing there, and it is ten meters away from the cruiser!"

Hearing the report, the first reaction of many mid-level officers was that it was impossible!

It must be that the surveyors made a mistake in their calculations. How could it be possible to launch torpedoes in the empty water bottom?

It is simply a ridiculous absurdity!

"It's possible. If I'm not mistaken, it's not the Zhenshi that launched the torpedo, but... a group of submersibles, water boats!" Captain Benson said with a stern look on his face, and said something that shocked the jaws of the seven people present!

submarine?

oh.Is there anything wrong with my ears?

How could it be a submarine?

Come on, how can a submarine have such an ability that it can sink three battleships! ?

At this time, the officers in the captain's room of the Gogol ship were not ordinary people, and they all had goods in their stomachs. After listening to Benson's words, they were not surprised by the term submarine, but by Benson's judgment. :this.This is ridiculous!Nothing should be a submarine, right?

What is a submarine?

As you all know, that was an unsuccessful battleship design!The tasteless existence in naval battles!

Want a sealed ship to sink to the bottom of the water to strike at the enemy?

hum.The idea is very good, but the submarine made with this concept can't complete the important task of attacking enemy ships at all!

There are many reasons.

First, after the submarine dives, there is no way to turn on the engine. If you want to sail underwater, you can only rely on manpower.Therefore, at best, a submarine can only become a larger manned mine.

Second, the speed of a submarine is not as fast as that of a cruiser, and it cannot be equipped with large-caliber artillery like a battleship.

third.Due to the limitation of the submarine's own tonnage, the torpedoes it carries are all light-weight, and it is okay to harass destroyers and small cruisers, but it is simply a dream to deal with rough-skinned and thick-skinned battleships!

Historical military scientists have concluded that the only purpose of submarines is to scout for supplies, and in the dark night, take advantage of the negligence of enemy ships, dive to the side of enemy ships, sneakily throw a few small torpedoes or take advantage of the timeless timing. It's just a pack of dynamite...

With such a 'prejudice', many people raised objections to Benson's judgment: "Colonel Benson, I don't think it's a submarine! We chased the Zhenshi all the way, but we didn't see any ships around. If It’s a submarine, it’s impossible for it to dive under the sea all the time, and it can still sail with us at high speed!”

"Yes, the second point is that the torpedoes carried by the submarine are very small. With that type of torpedo, it is impossible to break through the armor of our battleship! But now? Our three battleships are all finished!"

"Secondary! Taking a step back, if it was a submarine, it shouldn't have appeared in the hands of the Earl of Beihai. Who is he? He is an ignorant and backward yellow-skinned pig. I'm afraid he doesn't even know about submarines." How about using it to fight? Return a group?"

All the mid-level officers were chirping, and they all had the same argument, that is, the submarine that launched the torpedo could never be it!

Colonel Benson cleared his throat, and shouted to stop these arguments: "Stop arguing, now is not the time to discuss whether the other party is a submarine! Think about it carefully, why this group of submarines follow Are we coming? We were the ones tracking the cruiser along the way. Couldn't it be that the other party deliberately lured us to the sea area where the submarine had already ambushed? Do you understand, this is a trap, a shameful trap , we were caught off guard for a while, so we stepped in!"

Benson's words made everyone sweat coldly: Mom, yes, why couldn't the submarine be ambushed here long ago?Zhong, if this is not the case, why did the Zhenshi stop its power and slow down to let us surround it just now?

After suddenly realizing it, some people also raised several doubts: "If it was really in ambush here, how did these submarines escape our blockade and come here?"

"The construction of a submarine requires high technical requirements. How could the Earl of Beihai build it?"

In this regard, Fremantle gave a reply: "Our blockade is not foolproof, or maybe these submarines came from other ports? You must understand that the power of the Earl of the North Sea is not limited to The city of San Francisco... and the technology of building submarines is also easy to explain. Don't forget, he is the royal family of our British Empire. As long as Her Majesty the Queen loosens her hand and leaks a little technology from her fingers, it is enough for him to build a submarine. The boat! Also, according to intelligence, the Earl of Beihai bought several shipyards in San Francisco!"

After listening to Fremantle's words, everyone understood clearly, but a sense of astonishment also emerged from the bottom of their hearts: Oh my God, if the Earl of Beihai has mastered such a group of invisible and inaccessible submarines, he can't beat them all. How can we fight this battle by launching that terrible torpedo at us! ?