Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 1437 A Good Day (First update, please subscribe)
As in the past, after breakfast, Old Tom went fishing on the wooden trestle by the sea with his fishing gear.

For Old Tom, this was just the most ordinary day in his life. Although he lost two fingers in the Civil War, it did not affect his life - as a native of New York, along with the city The expansion of his fields turned his fields into houses, wooden three-story buildings, damp and dark, but always full of tenants, Irish, Italians, Greeks, Russians, Ukrainians Germans, Spaniards, etc.

They came to New York from various European countries, earning a cheap salary of tens of cents a day, and then?

Half the money went to old Tom—the house was rent.

"As long as New York is here, those people will continue to come here and rent my house..."

Life, for old Tom, is really easy and comfortable. When he was 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 it was just a few days' rent exemption.Billy, that guy, works so hard he can pay the rent.

Really...why can't you drink and gamble?
Or else...but, God forbid, now that the war broke out, Billy would be drafted soon, and then what?

Mrs. Billy . . . would need his help to forgive some of the rent.

Because of this, Old Tom spends his days fishing and playing poker.

He enjoys this kind of life very much.

"This is life..."

Holding a pipe in his hand, when Old Tom was lamenting the beauty of life and the fulfillment of life, the sound of a siren came from the sea.

"beep……"

Amidst the whistle of the merchant ship, Old Tom raised his head, and he saw a [-]-ton ship sounding its whistle as if it was about to enter the port, and an American flag was flying on the ship.

"Back from Europe..."

Almost at the moment when Old Tom's words fell, he heard a violent explosion, and 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, and Old Tom looked at the sinking merchant ship in astonishment, and he was dumbfounded.soon

On this day, the whole of New York was stunned by the sinking of the "Matson".

How is this going?

Almost every New Yorker is asking.

"It's a mine! The Ming people laid mines on the Hudson River!"

Amid the shouts of people's vows, the navy inspected the mouth of the Hudson River, and the memories of the survivors in the end told people that it was not a mine, but a torpedo!

torpedo!

Soon the U.S. Navy proved this, and the "Matson" was torpedoed by a Ming Empire submarine.

It was also from this day that the sea wolf of the empire came into the sight of the world.

Before this, although the sea wolf of the empire was not a secret, but with the construction of submarines by the French ten years ago, in the past ten years, all major maritime powers have their own submarines, but those submarines have never been carried out. Actual attack.

And now, the sea wolf of the empire has won the first blood. Of course, this "first blood" is what the outside world thinks. After all, as early as the Nanhua period, the Argentine ironclad was sunk with torpedoes and submarines.

But until now, the result of this battle has been kept secret. Everyone thought it had hit a mine, and even in the days after the sinking of the "Matson", New Yorkers thought it had hit a mine.

As a new type of weapon, submarines have not fully demonstrated their combat effectiveness until this time, but despite this, for the Imperial Navy, they have included submarines as a way to balance the gap between the imperial sea state and the enemy's naval strength. important weapon.

"In the case of insufficient strength, we will attack from underwater, 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 Karum Peninsula near Conakry, the capital of Guinea's colonial capital, Xincheng Port, another world.

According to the "Sea Wolf Project" formulated by the Imperial Navy, Imperial Navy submarines will depart from here during wartime and go to the waters around the UK to carry out underwater operations.

In fact, the closest to Britain must be France, but as a secret weapon, submarines did not consider the French military port in the original plan. The Guinea colony closest to Europe became the best choice. Private port, but for many years the port was used as a naval anchorage.

It was not until after the outbreak of the war that the Imperial submarine force made adjustments. It sailed from the mainland of the Empire to Guinea, and transported a large amount of supplies to the anchorage of Xincheng. After more than a month of preparations, twelve submarines were stationed at this submarine base. , it can really be put into use.

Under the cover of twilight, a submarine sailed out of the port, and soon entered the sea, heading for the distance at full speed.

Floating on the sea surface, the S83 submarine was breaking through the waves like a blue whale, and the turbulent waves kept beating on the deck of the submarine, hitting 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 rush towards him, and when the bow of the boat rose, he would emerge from the sea again.

This is not uncommon when a submarine is at sea.Whenever the bow of the boat sank and the waves rushed in, Wu Min'an would hold on to the barriers to prevent the waves from being thrown down from the swaying bridge.

Raising the binoculars again, Wu Min'an looked towards the dark ocean, and there was no movement on the rough sea.

A submarine's readiness voyage is always like this - long and empty!

"As long as you can find a target!"

Wu Min'an thought in his mind that since the troops arrived in Xincheng, they have not received any report on the results of the battle. In order to expand the results of the battle, three days ago, the Ministry of the Navy finally issued an order to allow the submarine troops to enter the British coastal waters to carry out operations.

Although they will carry out the attack mission around the British Isles, if they can find merchant ships of hostile countries in the sea area along the way, at least it will be a very gratifying result. After all, this sea area is a must for African routes. There are many ships from various countries.

As long as a hostile country target is found, the submarine will immediately launch an attack and sink a merchant ship-also the result of the battle!
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.Is there a more suitable target of attack on the sea than a merchant ship?
The only premise is that ... needs to be discovered.

Only when it is discovered can the attack be carried out.

(End of this chapter)