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Chapter 303 The Miracle at Sea (Second Update, please subscribe)
The British Navy must be defeated!
If the British Navy cannot be defeated, it is impossible for the future Nanhua to win that future war.

The only problem is how to defeat this navy with hundreds of thousands of tons of armored ships.

Of course, to outsiders, this is definitely a joke.After all, in comparison, Nanhua's navy is simply weak and not worth mentioning.

Just wanting to defeat the Royal Navy is simply a dream!
Sometimes people always have dreams.The same goes for countries!
Early the next morning after he was promoted, a lieutenant in the navy who called himself Ma Guorong picked up Liu Tiannian in front of the officer's dormitory.Liu Tiannian took a special look at Ma Guorong.

His appearance has no special characteristics, he is the kind of person that people will forget after seeing him once, Lieutenant Ma Guorong

After asking him to get into the carriage, they took him directly to the Tianya Peninsula. After the carriage traveled for about half an hour, they finally arrived at a small bay in the peninsula. This bay is an unnamed bay, but it is the same as Tianya Peninsula. , are all military forbidden areas, and there are more than a dozen small boats moored near the small pier in the bay.

Even though he was an instructor at the Naval Academy, Liu Tiannian didn't know the usefulness of those small boats.Then they took the carriage to a small dock with high walls, and the dock had not only high walls but also a roof.

The security at the dock was very strict. Ma Guorong showed his ID and made a phone call with Li Er.

There is actually a phone here!

After multiple inspections, the two finally entered the enclosure and had lunch in a wooden storey.Simple meals for workers: steamed buns, fish meat and potatoes. All the workers in Nanhua eat the same meal. Because sea fish is cheap enough, it has always been the main meat for ordinary workers, and occasionally they will be replaced by beef offal and sheep. Miscellaneous, these are even cheaper.

During the meal, Ma Guorong asked Liu Tiannian a lot of questions, mainly about navigation.

Liu Tiannian naturally answered each of these questions. As an instructor at the Naval Academy, he could easily answer those questions.

"It seems that the commander-in-chief did not choose the wrong person!"

Ma Guorong smiled, picked up the rice on the plate with chopsticks, and then said.

"The strength gap between us and the British Navy is too great. Our warships are less than a fraction of his tonnage. This means that we have to try our best to attack them, such as torpedo boats! Do you know torpedo boats?"

"Is it a lightning strike tactic? I remember this is a secret tactic of the Navy."

"Yes, the bay where we are located is where the navy's torpedo boats are stationed. However, their training is in Cape Bay,"

Cape Bay is the southernmost bay on the mainland, and it is far away from settlements. The navy's training there is completely out of secrecy.

"Lightning strikes are very effective, but torpedo boats are small but still easy to destroy, so for the past few years we've been working on a new attack method - submarines!"

"submarine!"

Liu Tiannian said in surprise/
"Did you mean the submarine?"

In fact, in this era, submarines have already been invented. As early as April 1863, French officer Simon Bourjevo built the world's first "Diver" submarine driven entirely by mechanical power. It was 4 meters longer than before. Any submarine that comes out is bigger.

"Yes, it is the submarine. After science invented the submarine, the French, unlike the British who dismissed it, took great interest. They hope to use new weapons to subvert the British advantage from underwater,"

"So are we!"

It was also for the same reason that Liu Tiannian noticed it.

"However, although the French noticed it, how to attack surface ships with submarines? So we thought of torpedoes!"

Then Ma Guorong explained it to him as plainly as possible.Obviously, Ma Guorong is a real expert in submarine technology. His knowledge is extensive and profound, which is beyond Liu Tiannian's reach, and he cannot help admiring him.

"Submarines sail under the sea, which means they are extremely concealed. If a submarine launches torpedoes underwater to attack a target on the surface, it must be easy to succeed."

Ma Guorong said.

"So, for the past two years, we've been working on this, how to combine a submarine with a torpedo, and of course, more importantly, how a submarine can sail for a long time at sea! At the beginning, we used small three-bulk Type steam engine, although it can drive the submarine to sail on the sea, but after diving into the water, it will face many problems, such as the unburned coal continues to consume air, and its ignition problem, in short, after a series of attempts , We proved one point, the submarine using the steam engine has no development potential at all! This has delayed our research.”

Ma Guorong shrugged regretfully, then took out a cigarette from the cigarette case with his slender fingers, and said to Liu Tiannian.

"Then we got a new type of internal combustion engine, and the problem was finally solved. Compared with the steam engine, the internal combustion engine is simply a perfect machine. It is smaller in size, easier to fit in a small submarine, and does not take up too much space. space……"

From the perspective of this era, the internal combustion engine developed by Otto is definitely a miracle. Of course, this miracle is based on the gasoline engine provided by Zhu Xianhai. Up to now, it has developed into a series of products. One of the models is adopted in the submarine.

"I've heard of Otto's internal combustion engine. Unfortunately, the power is too small to be used on warships, but it is also suitable for use on submarines. After all, submarines are not big."

Liu Tiannian said.

"We will need bigger submarines in the future, after all, we need to go to the ocean to fight."

Ma Guorong continued.

"The traditional psychology of the British navy is to go to the ocean to compete for sea dominance, defeat the enemy in the sea battle and win the sea battle. Since the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the only purpose of the sea battle! But in fact, for the weaker side He said that what he is after is not necessarily the command of the sea, but to prevent the strong at sea from using its command of the sea. Once the warships of the strong can only be parked in ports or bases, then they will have a powerful fleet. Nothing works, if we can find a way to keep them in port, then the laws of engagement will change, that's what we need to do with subs, just to sink them at sea and make the UK huge The navy dare not go to sea!"

"As soon as we go out to sea, we need to face submarine attacks. We don't necessarily have to have command of the sea, but to destroy the British's command of the sea, or let them have the command of the sea and cannot use it!"

On this point, Liu Tiannian and Ma Guorong undoubtedly have the same views, and it is easy for them to find common ground.

"So our purpose is not to compete with the Huang family's navy for sea control, but to prevent the British from using their sea control."

After thinking about it, Liu Tiannian said.

"In the past, my idea was to turn the sea into a dangerous ocean by laying mines, and limit the use of the British Navy by laying a large number of mines. Of course, now that there are submarines, the effect may be better."

"No, the effect is better. I can tell you responsibly that the combination of it and the torpedo is simply an unprecedented miracle."

(End of this chapter)