Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 174 Attack from Under the Sea

In the water a few meters below the sea surface, a slender submarine was sailing at an unpleasant speed. Inside the submarine, the captain Xu Zhenjie observed the situation on the sea surface for a long time through the periscope, but found nothing, so Xu Zhenjie He ordered the periscope to be retracted temporarily, and then sighed to the first mate Chen Zeng beside him, "Maybe the fleets of the Monia Empire and the Rielan Empire did not take this route, so maybe our trip was for nothing." gone."

Xu Zhenjie commanded a torpedo boat in the Anbo Port naval battle between the Independent Fleet and the navies of Sharad, Jisk, and Orensa, and used torpedoes to sink the dreadnought battleship Conflict of the Sharad Navy, and severely damaged the second expeditionary fleet of the Sharad Navy. The flagship Ares super dreadnought battleship made the Ares super dreadnought battleship finally a trophy of the independent fleet.

After the establishment of the submarine force of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty, Xu Zhenjie was appointed as the captain of the U18 submarine. Chen Zeng, a naval junior combat biochemical who had been with Xu Zhenjie, was also transferred to the U18 submarine and continued to work on the submarine. Xu Zhenjie's subordinates served as the chief mate.

At present, the 1 VIIC submarines equipped by the Royal Navy Submarine Force of the Datang Empire are named U60-U[-] by Su Yi. As for why Su Yi used the letter U to represent the submarine, Su Yi did not explain to his subordinates Pass.

Chief officer Chen Zeng said immediately: "This time all [-] of our submarine force have come out. As long as the news from the intelligence department is correct, the two fleets of Monia and Rielland, which carry three infantry regiments, don't I want to escape the nets laid by our submarine force in the waters near the Liuyun Empire."

Xu Zhenjie rubbed his hands and said: "It's hard to catch up with a big battle. I don't want us U18 to miss this opportunity to make great contributions. According to the news from the intelligence department, the fleets of the Monia Empire and the Rielland Empire , but there are ten super dreadnought battleships and ten battlecruisers, I am not greedy, as long as our U18 can kill one of them."

The first officer Chen Zeng said with a smile: "Captain, you are not greedy. I think if our U18 can kill a super dreadnought battleship or a battlecruiser, maybe His Majesty will have to personally give us all U18 Officers and soldiers award medals."

At present, Su Yi has temporarily formulated three kinds of medals for the army, namely bronze medals, silver medals and gold medals, which will be awarded to officers and soldiers who have made meritorious service.

Xu Zhenjie smiled and said: "Of course the medal is necessary, but what I value more is the military rank system that will be implemented in the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire. According to my current position, I can at most be awarded the rank of major. If our U18 can sink a super dreadnought or a battlecruiser, maybe when the rank system is implemented, I can become a lieutenant colonel."

After Su Yi ascended the throne, he planned to implement a military rank system in the armies of the Great Tang Empire and the Ziyue Empire. According to the military ranks formulated by Su Yi, the officers from top to bottom were Marshal, Admiral, Lieutenant General, Major General, Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant colonel, major, captain, lieutenant and second lieutenant, non-commissioned officers have three ranks, namely sergeant, sergeant and corporal, and soldiers have two ranks, respectively, first class and private.

However, because the Tang Empire, Ziyue Empire and the Seven Kingdoms Alliance entered a state of war, Su Yi decided to suspend the implementation of the military rank system between the two armies.

Chief Officer Chen Zeng said jokingly: "Captain, I think you have become an official fan."

Xu Zhenjie said indifferently: "Your Majesty said that a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. A lieutenant colonel is not my goal. I must become a general in the future."

First officer Chen Zeng said with a smile: "Your Excellency, General, let's go to breakfast first! We will realize your great goal when we are full!"

Although Chen Zeng is only a navy-type junior combat cyborg, the longer the rudimentary-type cyborg is summoned, the smaller the difference from ordinary people, and the higher the EQ becomes, unlike when he was just summoned, the whole People look so dull, so many junior biochemical humans summoned by Su Yi in the early days have already held quite high positions in the army.

Compared with the intermediate biochemicals, these junior biochemicals who have been summoned for a long time are only slightly inferior in terms of military skills and command strategies, and the differences in other aspects are not so obvious.

After Xu Zhenjie and first mate Chen Zeng had breakfast, Xu Zhenjie returned to the front of the periscope while picking his teeth with a toothpick, and ordered the soldiers to raise the periscope again.

After Xu Zhenjie observed the situation on the sea through the periscope for a while, his face suddenly showed excitement, "Quick—turn—thick smoke appeared in the northeast direction, it is likely to be from the Monia Empire and the Rielan Empire. fleet!"

Half an hour later, Xu Zhenjie finally confirmed that the huge fleet that appeared on the sea was indeed the fleet transporting three infantry regiments from the Monia Empire and the Rielan Empire, and then Xu Zhenjie reported this information, as well as the specific situation of U18 at this time. The location was transmitted by radio transmitter to the headquarters of the Royal Navy of the Datang Empire, as well as other submarines in the submarine force.

Then Xu Zhenjie said to the first officer Chen Zeng in a deep voice: "I am going to choose one of the enemy's super dreadnought battleships or a battlecruiser to launch a torpedo attack. What do you think?"

Chief officer Chen Zeng hesitated for a moment and said, "Should we wait for the nearby submarines to come over and launch an attack on the fleet of the Monia Empire and the Rielan Empire together? Wouldn't it be a bit alarming if I, U18, attack alone? "

Xu Zhenjie shook his head and said: "Our U18's maximum underwater speed is less than 8 knots, and the fleet of the Monia Empire and Rielan Empire has an overall speed of more than 10 knots, so we can't wait for other submarines to come over. , The fighter plane is fleeting, and we can only launch an attack on U18 alone."

Chief officer Chen Zeng then said firmly: "The captain is right. I agree to launch an attack immediately and try to kill a super dreadnought battleship or a battlecruiser."

Xu Zhenjie suddenly showed a cruel smile and said: "The outside world has never known the existence of our submarine force of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire. Today, use the Monia Navy or Rielland Navy to sacrifice the flag to our submarine force!"

At eight o'clock in the morning on October 3013th, [-] in the Tang Dynasty, Pifanu, the commander of the Monia Royal Navy Escort Fleet, had just finished his breakfast and was drinking coffee when suddenly several violent sounds came one after another from the sea. the explosion.

Pifanu put the coffee cup on the table, and quickly looked out from the observation window of the bridge, and then an extremely shocked expression appeared on his face. At this time, the Banshee-class super dreadnought battleship of the Monia Royal Navy , It turned into thick smoke billowing.

Immediately afterwards, the Narcissus, a super dreadnought battleship with a full load displacement of 26400 tons, under the watchful eyes of Pifanu, another more violent explosion occurred, and this explosion blew the Narcissus into two pieces, and quickly headed towards the sea. sink.

At this moment, Commander Pifanu's face changed greatly and he shouted: "Quickly find out the situation of the Narcissus, why did it explode?"

Harloway, the captain of the Banshee next to her, said with some horror: "Could the Narcissus be attacked by a submarine? There are so many light cruisers and destroyers ahead, so the Narcissus must have encountered a mine."

The U50 submarine, which has dived to more than 18 meters below the sea surface, is full of cheers. The VIIC submarine has a total of five 533mm torpedo tubes, four of which are at the bow. Xu Zhenjie commanded the U18 submarine, from The seabed approached until it was less than 1000 meters away from the super dreadnought battleship Narcissus of the Royal Navy of Monia, and then ordered to launch four 533 mm torpedoes to the super dreadnought battleship Narcissus in one breath, and all four 533 mm torpedoes hit Narcissus Super Dreadnought Battleship.

The deadliest torpedo hit the torpedo compartment at the front of the Narcissus super dreadnought battleship, which happened to be where the underwater armor on the side of the Narcissus was relatively weak. What was even more unfortunate was that the explosion caused more than a dozen people in the torpedo compartment to Four compressed gas cylinders also exploded, and each cylinder was filled with compressed air prepared for launching torpedoes, which greatly increased the destructive power. There was a fire in the cabin.

Soon the fire covered dozens of 500mm torpedoes in the torpedo compartment, and did not even give the damage control personnel on the Narcissus a little time to fight the fire. Dozens of 500mm torpedoes died. Blow up the super dreadnought battleship Narcissus in two.

Xu Zhenjie couldn't hide his excitement and said to the first officer Chen Zeng: "There are still ten torpedoes left on our U18, at least we can kill one big guy!"

Although the first officer Chen Zeng also had a look of joy on his face, he hesitated and said: "Captain, the warships of the Monia Navy and the Rielland Navy should also be equipped with depth charges. Our U18 is now in their two countries. Among the fleet, once our U18 floats up to a depth where we can launch torpedoes, it is easy to expose our U18's position."

Xu Zhenjie nodded and said: "I also know that if we continue to attack, we may retain our U18 position, but this opportunity is so good, it would be too wasteful to give up. I want to take a gamble and kill another super dreadnought battleship or a Battlecruiser!"

First officer Chen Zeng gritted his teeth and said, "Captain, since you have made your decision, let's do it! Anyway, our U18 has already killed a super dreadnought battleship today, even if we can't go back in the end, it is enough!"

Xu Zhenjie suddenly smiled and said: "Our U18 can dive below 18. It is not so easy for the Monia Navy and Rielland Navy to keep our U[-]."

(End of this chapter)