Volume 1: The Battleship Yitian Changes into the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 Chapter 37: Isn't it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar?
Wen Junfeng nodded and ran to the periscope. "Turn left and go full speed!" he ordered.
The submarine quickly began to turn, and Sun Gang could not suppress his excitement. He sank an armored cruiser in his first combat! It was really cool!
The crew members could not hide their excitement and joy. They were all as excited as if they had smoked opium when carrying out the mine-laying operation, but they still did not relax on the work in their hands. Watching one specially made small mine after another being launched through the torpedo tube at the stern of the boat, Sun Gang tried to remind himself to stay calm. As a commander, he still seemed a little naive.
"It's done. There is still a torpedo. Which end do we want to blame next?" Wen Junfeng asked, as if he still felt unsatisfied.
"Have you finished laying mines?" Sun Gang asked. After receiving a positive answer, he said to Wen Junfeng, "Hurry up and load the torpedo tubes at the rear of the boat with torpedoes."
"What are you doing?" Wen Junfeng asked curiously, "Why not put it in the front?" How could he know that this was also the experience Sun Gang gained from watching "Hollywood blockbusters".
"Maybe it can be used, but it's better not to use it, just in case." Sun Gang answered the question irrelevantly. Wen Junfeng did not ask any more questions, but ordered his order to be carried out.
There was a rumbling sound of artillery from the sea. What happened just now must have scared the Japanese silly, right? Sun Gang thought wickedly, looking at the porthole. The dense mines outside looked very scary in the sea water, but for them, they had no effect at all. However, Su Xin was still very nervous when he saw these guys. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them disappear little by little.
"Did you fucking fart again?" Wen Junfeng looked at Su Xin and said unhappily. Su Xin pretended that he was not talking about him and walked away leisurely.
The long dive and Su Xin's "addition" just now made the air in the submarine very dirty. Wen Junfeng carefully let the submarine surface, extended the vent, and fresh air came in, making everyone feel much more comfortable.
"There's a fight going on up there." Wen Junfeng looked around with the periscope, stopped in one direction, and said nervously.
Sun Gang also felt that something was wrong. The rumbling sound of artillery was continuous and dense. It was impossible to achieve such an effect by just firing at the "Jiyuan" and "Guangjia" against the Japanese coastal artillery!
"Strange, they are not our navy, they are all foreigners, but they are flying the dragon flag, what's going on?" Wen Junfeng said curiously: "Come and see, it's spectacular."
"What what?" Nothing surprised Sun Gang more than this. He took the periscope, but the scene in front of him still made him wonder if he was hallucinating.
Several large ships were lined up in neat rows, fiercely pouring artillery fire onto the shore. The sea was filled with billowing smoke. The Japanese coastal artillery kept firing back, but the firepower had been suppressed. One artillery after another was overturned by the fierce artillery fire. After a while, all Japanese resistance was shattered. Sun Gang saw that the muzzles of the warships began to slowly rise and many foreign sailors were busy operating them. They were definitely not from the Beiyang Fleet, the Nanyang Fleet, or the Guangdong Fleet, but the flags flying on the masts of those warships were indeed the dragon flags of the Qing Dynasty.
And these warships are obviously new warships, and there is even a giant battleship that is almost the same size as the "Dingyuan"!
This foreign fleet flying the dragon flag began an extended fire attack. Sun Gang knew that the people of Nagasaki were in big trouble.
"What should we do?" Wen Junfeng asked.
"It looks like we can take a break now." Sun Gang said, "First, find the 'Jiyuan' and 'Guangjia', float up beside them, and prepare to catch a ride home."
Wen Junfeng took the periscope from the still dazed Sun Gang and began to give orders. The submarine began to move forward slowly. Sun Gang looked at Su Xin, who was also surprised. "Don't you know anything about this?" He looked at Sun Gang and asked, "Are they mercenaries?"
"I've never heard of a mercenary fleet. Do you think they are Somali pirates?" Sun Gang looked at him as if he were an idiot and said, "I'm completely confused now. Am I dreaming?"
Finally, the gunfire gradually stopped. Wen Junfeng must have found the "Jiyuan" ship and began to order it to surface.
When the submarine emerged from the water, Sun Gang and Wen Junfeng came to the tower with the crew members. Looking at the majestic fleet of seven warships, Sun Gang was shocked. Fang Boqian on the bridge of the "Jiyuan" saw them and shouted and waved over here, "Brother Sun, you scared me to death. If you don't come out, we will rush in to find you." He almost jumped up and down.
"Don't go. I don't remember where any of the mines are." He answered loudly with a smile.
There was a huge commotion on a large ship not far from the "Jiyuan". Many foreign officers and soldiers ran to the bow, pointing and saying something to them as they emerged from the water. Sun Gang and Wen Junfeng smiled at each other, their hearts filled with pride.
This was probably the first time that the officers and soldiers of this foreign aid fleet saw the Qing Dynasty’s combat submarines, right?
After the submarine and the "Jiyuan" were successfully paired, the entire fleet began to return to Lushun with the "Jiyuan" and "Guangjia" as guide ships. Sun Gang and Wen Junfeng came to the "Jiyuan". Sun Gang couldn't wait to ask Fang Boqian what these "foreign aids" were. Fang Boqian said helplessly: "I don't know too much. I heard from their admiral that they are from Chile in South America. The specific matters need to be discussed with General Ding."
It turned out that according to their plan, after Sun Gang led the submarine into the port, in order to attract the attention of the Japanese, the "Jiyuan" and "Guangjia" began to "tease" the Japanese coastal artillery outside. Because Lin Guoxiang had observed the blind spots of the Japanese artillery fire in advance, the Japanese artillery on the shore were tortured to death, wasting a lot of ammunition. Not only did they not hit the "Guangjia" and "Jiyuan" at all. Instead, they could only watch the two Chinese warships, one large and one small, send the patrol boats that came after hearing the news to the bottom of the sea one after another.
After the "Guangjia" shamelessly sank the fifth patrol boat, Lin Guoxiang and Fang Boqian suddenly discovered a huge fleet of seven warships coming towards them from a distance. Fang Boqian was so scared that he almost had a heart attack (Sun Gang saw that his face was still a little blue), but the chief officer (Sun Gang was the commander of this operation) had not returned, so he could not leave.
They did not calm down until they saw clearly that the other side was flying the dragon flag. They immediately sent a signal to inquire. When the other side saw that it was a Qing warship, they immediately "friendly" came up and turned .
Fang Boqian and Lin Guoxiang were completely confused and had no idea where these guys came from, so they had no choice but to join in the bombardment. After they had enough fun and stopped to ask, they found out that they were from the Chilean navy, which had been bought by the Qing Dynasty along with its ships and people, and were here to deliver the goods.
All his history teachers in school never mentioned that there was such a thing in the Jiawu year! Isn't this too damn powerful? Sun Gang sighed that he had read so many history books in vain and served as a history class representative for many years, but he didn't know there was such a thing. Such a big deal must have been involved by the Lord Zhongtang. Who said that the Qing Dynasty had no money? Only the Qing Dynasty dared to do such a big deal in Asia. No wonder the Japanese were so jealous of the Chinese.
He finally breathed a sigh of relief. In the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, if nothing went wrong in the naval battle, it could be said that China would definitely win.
But somehow, whenever he thought of the British armored cruiser he had sunk, he always felt a little uncomfortable.
This matter must be quickly told to Ding Ruchang and let Li Hongzhang know! Will the Anglo-Japanese Alliance also be implemented ahead of schedule because of this butterfly effect?
