Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 187 Submarine Attack
On the evening of January 3014, 23 in the Tang Dynasty, in the Xiande Hall of the Imperial Palace in Chang'an City, Su Yi read the battle report sent by Wang Chengliang, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, and couldn't help taking a deep breath.

Although Su Yi knew that in such a large-scale naval battle, the Royal Navy of Datang and Ziyue would suffer a lot of losses, but after seeing a series of loss data, Su Yi still felt pain in the flesh.

Fourteen super-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire alone were sunk, including one Colorado-class, two Queen Elizabeth-class, two Bavarian-class, three Vengeance-class, four Ise-class and two Iron-class ships. Duke class.

In addition, the royal navies of Datang and Ziyue add up to 32 battlecruisers, 68 dreadnought battleships, [-] former dreadnought battleships, [-] large armored cruisers, [-] light cruisers and [-] destroyers. It was sunk in the naval battle, and many warships were seriously injured.

Su Yi sighed and said to He Yunfei, commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army of the Great Tang Empire: "I didn't expect that this sea battle would be so fierce. The Royal Navy of the Great Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire combined have more than 6 naval officers and soldiers killed or missing. There are tens of thousands of people, and the joint fleet of the five navies has not withdrawn, so the two sides will inevitably have to confront each other again."

He Yunfei said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, after all, the five major powers almost took out their navies this time, and it is normal to fight so fiercely. Fortunately, the combined fleet of the five navies suffered more losses. If we continue to fight like this, our Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire should be able to win the final victory."

Su Yi hesitated for a moment and said: "The Royal Air Force has a group of bombers stationed at an airport not far from Huifeng Port. Can we dispatch these bombers to attack the joint fleet of the five navies?"

He Yunfei immediately shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the bombers equipped by the Royal Air Force are unable to conduct dive bombing and pose little threat to warships. Moreover, the warships of the navies of various countries are equipped with anti-aircraft guns. I believe that bombers should be dispatched to attack the joint fleet of the five navies." Attack, the effect should not be too great."

Su Yi pondered for a moment and said: "It seems that I have to go to Huifeng Port again in person."

He Yunfei couldn't help being taken aback, "The battle between the two sides is not over yet, His Majesty is going to Huifeng Port at this time..."

Su Yi suddenly interrupted He Yunfei, "I have a few new battleships in my hands."

It turned out that when the joint fleet of the five navies retreated, more than a dozen seriously injured warships were captured by the Royal Navy of Datang and Ziyue, including a super dreadnought battleship, two battlecruisers and two dreadnoughts. battleship.

Su Yi, who was in Chang'an City, immediately received a prompt from the system. Because the above five warships were captured, Su Yi was rewarded with an American Colorado-class super dreadnought battleship, two British prestige-class battlecruisers, and two German kingships. dreadnought battleship.

I don’t know how long this decisive sea battle between the Royal Navy of Datang and Ziyue and the joint fleet of the five navies will last, so Su Yi is going to leave immediately for Huifeng Port. At the critical moment, the two countries of Datang and Ziyue The Royal Navy has these five more powerful warships, which can even change the outcome of this decisive battle.

At around ten o'clock in the evening on January 23, in the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship Yongxiang, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Chengliang put down the telegram in his hand, slightly relieved, and told the First Fleet Commander Yuan Fan said: "The emperor is coming to Huifeng Port, and will depart from Chang'an City tonight."

Yuan Fan asked in confusion: "What is the emperor's intention of coming to Huifeng Port at this time?"

A smile appeared on Wang Chengliang's face and he said: "The emperor is planning to add a few more warships to our Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty and Ziyue."

When Yuan Fan heard it, he suddenly realized: "Today we have captured a super dreadnought battleship, two battlecruisers and two dreadnought battleships. According to the principle of the Creator, we will reward the emperor with five battleships."

The senior officers of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire are all biochemicals, so Su Yi did not hide from the senior officers of the two navies that he would be rewarded for capturing enemy warships.

Wang Chengliang suddenly said with emotion: "I hope we can capture more warships above the level of dreadnought battleships in the future, so that we can try our best to make up for the losses of our Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire. By the way, thirty submarines Are you leaving now?"

Yuan Fan nodded and said, "We set off two hours ago. I hope the [-] submarines can bring us some good news."

The submarine force of the Royal Navy of the Datang Empire has a total of [-] VIIC submarines. Before the decisive battle with the combined fleet of the five navies, [-] submarines came to Huifeng Port, and the remaining [-] submarines continued to stay in Datang The east coast of the Empire.

The [-] submarines that came to Huifeng Port did not participate in the previous sea battle in order to avoid accidental injury. After all, the sonar detectors equipped on the warships of the Royal Navy of the Datang and Ziyue could not distinguish friend from enemy.

On the pitch-black sea, thirty submarines of the Royal Navy of the Great Tang Empire were advancing at a speed of 17 knots.

Xu Zhenjie, the captain of the U18 submarine, said excitedly to the chief officer Chen Zeng: "I heard that there are still hundreds of battleships in the joint fleet of the five navies. Tonight, our U18 will go on a killing spree!"

Chief officer Chen Zeng showed a hint of worry on his face, "Our U18 and U25's previous attacks on the Monia Navy and Rielan Navy have exposed the fact that our Royal Navy of the Tang Empire has submarines. The warships of the five navies will definitely be equipped with more depth charges, and I am afraid that this night attack on the joint fleet of the five navies will not go so smoothly."

Xu Zhenjie shrugged and said: "There is no risk in a war. In the previous war, the Royal Navy of our two countries suffered heavy losses. No matter how difficult the night attack tonight is, our [-] submarines will have to fight hard against the five navies." Biting off a piece of meat from the United Fleet will relieve some pressure on the main forces of the Royal Navy of our two countries. Anyway, the brothers’ suicide notes have been left behind, so let’s not think too much about it and try to kill a few more enemy battleships!”

First officer Chen Zeng smiled slightly, "The captain is right, the arrow is on the line now, and it is useless to think about other things."

At this time, a soldier handed a telegram to Xu Zhenjie. Xu Zhenjie took a look at it and immediately ordered: "Fill the water storage tank immediately and prepare to dive!"

At one o'clock in the morning on January 24, Petrou, the commander of the expeditionary fleet of the Royal Inlobal Navy, who was sleeping, was suddenly awakened by continuous explosions. On the bridge of the Princess Lise, the captain of the Princess Alice, Grisut, immediately reported to Petru: "Commander, we have been attacked by enemy submarines, and warships from various countries are currently heading towards suspicious places. Drop depth charges."

Petru glanced at the situation outside from the observation window of the bridge, and his face couldn't help but gloomy. He found that there was the Prince Afketa-class super dreadnought battleship Red Pearl of the Royal Navy of Inaba, and more than half of the hull had sunk. into the sea.

"What's the current loss of our British Royal Navy?" Commander Petrow asked in a deep voice.

Grisut, the captain of the Princess Alice, smiled wryly and said: "Commander, the enemy submarine attack is too sudden. We have five super dreadnought battleships, four battlecruisers, and two dreadnoughts in the Royal Inaba Royal Navy." The battleship and two former dreadnought battleships were attacked almost simultaneously, and the captains of two super dreadnought battleships, a battlecruiser, a dreadnought battleship, and two former dreadnought battleships have given orders to abandon the ship."

Upon hearing this, Commander Petrou immediately gritted his teeth and said: "Convey my order, let all ships not begrudge the depth charges, blow up all the enemy's submarines below the sea surface and sink them to the bottom of the sea!"

Compared to the angry Petro, Xu Zhenjie was in a very good mood. The Red Pearl super dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy of Inaba, which was about to sink, encountered a torpedo attack from the U18 submarine. All four 18 mm torpedoes fired hit.

Among them was a 533 mm torpedo, which penetrated the side armor of the bow of the Red Pearl, detonated the torpedo compartment of the Red Pearl, and almost blew up the bow of the Red Pearl. There was no periscope on the U18 submarine. Before putting it away, Xu Zhenjie had already confirmed that his U18 submarine sank another enemy super dreadnought battleship.

But soon Xu Zhenjie became nervous. The depth charges equipped by the Yingluoba Navy are much more advanced than those of the Monia Navy and Rielland Navy. They can even explode nearly 200 meters below the sea surface. Submarines of the Royal Navy pose a very big threat.

After Xu Zhenjie felt the vibration of the submarine, Shen Sheng asked the chief mate Chen Zeng: "What is the depth of the dive now?"

"Captain, we have dived to 190 meters."

"Continue to dive, at least to 210 meters. Judging from the magnitude of the vibration, the depth charges dropped by the enemy are not far from our U18."

The U18 submarine was lucky, and finally escaped the enemy's first wave of depth charges, but not all the submarines of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire had good luck. Xu Zhenjie learned from the telegram that there were five submarines on his side. Xu Zhenjie was very clear about the loss of contact during the enemy's depth charge attack, and what loss of contact meant.

Xu Zhenjie glanced at the watch on his wrist, and then ordered to the first officer Chen Zeng: "Maintain the current speed and continue to sneak, prepare to surface at any time, and launch a torpedo attack on the enemy's battleship again!"

(End of this chapter)