Volume 1: The Battleship Yitian Changes into the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 Chapter 98 Yuan Datou’s “Scandal”
"Boom!" A muffled sound was heard, which was the sound of a cannonball hitting the water.
"Damn it! This guy is so cunning that he found us!" Wen Junfeng cursed, "He actually hid behind the merchant ship and fired, bastard!"
"We are underwater, he can't hit us." An officer said, "Let's get closer!"
"The problem is that they are faster than us on the water." Wen Junfeng stared at the periscope and said, "He now knows our position."
Sun Gang did not say anything, but watched how the submarine officers and soldiers in front of him would solve the current problem.
"Keep diving!" Wen Junfeng ordered, "Water mark 15 meters!"
Sun Gang looked at Ma Yue strangely, wondering why he did this.
The submarine was slowly descending. Sun Gang looked around. The officers and soldiers were operating nervously. The atmosphere in the command tower seemed tense and depressing.
"Left rudder 10 degrees, go forward at 4 knots." Wen Junfeng looked at the watch and said.
"What about the Seal?" an officer asked.
"After cooperating for such a long time, he knows what to do." Wen Junfeng said with a strange smile on his face.
After a few minutes, Wen Junfeng said, "Stop the car!"
The officers and soldiers around him were stunned for a moment, but still carried out his order. Sun Gang heard the propeller driven by the electric motor slowly stop.
"Torpedo room No. 1, No. 2, get ready, practice torpedoes." He ordered again.
"Torpedo room No. 1 and No. 2 are ready." The front cabin reported through the microphone.
"Ascend at full speed!" He gave the order suddenly. Sun Gang only felt the hull shake slightly, and the submarine began to float upward rapidly.
Feeling the moment the boat broke through the water, Wen Junfeng suddenly raised the periscope, turned it quickly, and then stopped in one direction, shouting loudly: "Right rudder, 15 degrees! Quick!"
Following his order, the boat began to turn rapidly in the designated direction. "Boom!", there was another sound of a shell hitting the water. Wen Junfeng ordered loudly: "Number one, number two, torpedoes, fire!"
The submarine's porthole slowly opened at this time. Sun Gang rushed to the window and looked at the two white lines on the water, shooting straight towards the "Ningyuan" ship in the distance.
This time, the "Ningyuan" ship fired a salvo, and several shells whizzed in and hit the "Haijiao" boat accurately. Wen Junfeng was completely unaware and just stared at the "Ningyuan" in the distance.
The Ningyuan was seen firing while moving forward rapidly. Sun Gang saw two torpedoes passing by the stern of the Ningyuan one after the other, but neither of them hit the target.
"We lost." said an officer dejectedly.
"Not necessarily." Wen Junfeng said, and heard bursts of shouting coming from not far away, followed by waves rolling, and the "Seal" submarine surfaced.
"The curved pipe band hit them," said an officer.
Sun Gang and Ma Yue looked at each other and smiled. It seemed that the exercise was quite successful.
After the torpedoes were recovered, the four submarines and the "Ningyuan" ship sailed in formation. "You are not allowed to do this! You are bullying us! Four against one!" Wang Dejun took a loudspeaker, stood at the bow of the ship, waved his fist and shouted at them.
"It's not very glorious." Wen Junfeng said to Sun Gang somewhat disappointedly: "Even if those two torpedoes could hit them, we are doomed after being hit by so many shells."
"Submarines are meant to coordinate attacks," Sun Gang said. "There is no question of honor or dishonor. Their mission is to escort. If they are hit, the entire fleet is doomed. Moreover, even if a submarine is hit by so many shells, it may not sink, but if it is hit by a torpedo, it will die."
"That's true, but I still didn't grasp the opportunity this time. Besides, we have to mainly launch a sneak attack. We can't attack so brazenly when we encounter an opponent with strong firepower." Wen Junfeng nodded. "He got away with it this time." He said, looking at Wang Dejun who was still "swearing" loudly.
"But this kid reacted too quickly. Let's ask him how he discovered us?" Sun Gang said to Wen Junfeng. After this drill, Wen Junfeng learned his lesson.
"How did Lord Wang find us so quickly?" Wen Junfeng also asked with a loud speaker.
"There was a big balloon in the sky, but I didn't see any smoke. I knew it was you guys who were good at stealing." Wang Dejun shouted, "Besides, the splash you made when you entered the water was too big. I'm not blind. If I can't see it, I'd be a ghost."
Sun Gang was secretly surprised and admired him very much. This despicable guy was not only good at firing artillery accurately, but now he was also good at anti-submarine warfare. If there were more people like him on the Japanese side, the war would be difficult to fight.
"If he can make the giant artillery that the French have use to fire with such accuracy, then we will be invincible." Ma Yue suddenly said beside him.
"Good idea." Sun Gang understood what she meant and nodded.
After returning to the base, Ma Yue went to the Military Intelligence Department. The captains chatted and laughed as they went to find Lin Taizeng to report on the training situation, while Sun Gang went to the shipyard to take a look.
In fact, everything was presided over by old man Pei Yinsen, and the technical details were handled by Brian and Wei Han, so he didn't need to worry about anything. Most of the time when he came, he was staring at the huge ship being built in the dock.
This will be the largest warship that China has been able to build since the time of Zheng He. It will also replace its two sisters, Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, to become the Chinese people’s Great Wall of Steel at sea. What kind of changes will its appearance bring to future history?
Will the Chinese nation rise up in the blood under the enemy's artillery fire?
How long can this little butterfly of his continue to move forward?
"Sir, the lady sent someone to look for you, saying that Lord Zhongtang called." An officer came running and said.
Sun Gang returned to his own "office" in the Naval Office. Ma Yue was already waiting there. "You look first. I haven't moved." She said when she saw an outsider. From the looks of her, it seemed that she had gotten him a lot of intelligence.
After Sun Gang and others left, they looked at the telegram. Li Hongzhang said in it: "After negotiations with the General Administration, Ecuador and Argentina both stated that the Japanese did sell the giant ships. One ship was sold for 800,000 pounds and the other for 960,000 pounds. The price of the ships has been paid, and a copy of the contract has been handed over to the General Administration. Since the contract is here, I believe that the other country will not violate international practice and transfer it to the Japanese." That meant that the Japanese did sell the two battleships under construction, so he could rest assured.
Sun Gang couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly after seeing this. It seemed that the old man was restricted by traditional thinking and was still superstitious about the universal laws. In this era, when "might is right" is prevalent, what's the point of talking about the universal laws!
If China were stronger, it could even buy these two battleships back!
But now, China does not have this strength.
"Do you have any good news?" Sun Gang handed her the telegram and asked.
"Your secretary is from North Korea." Ma Yue said with a half-smile, "Something has happened between Yuan Datou and the Korean princess."
"What what what?" Sun Gang was shocked. No way? Yuan Shikai cheated on the King of Korea? This is too much. Yuan Datou, who was in his "late youth", was full of energy and had a lot of concubines at home. He had all kinds of beauties, but he had the idea of catching that strong woman from Korea! Besides, Sun Gang had seen the photos and portraits of Queen Min (later Myeongseong) obtained by the Military Intelligence Department. She was not pretty at all. She was very different from the one played by Lee Mi-yeon in the TV series, and she was simply incomparable to Kim Sun-hee. After Su Xin saw the photos, he gave up the idea of going to Korea forever. Now Yuan Datou actually had a "scandal" with her! He really doubted whether Yuan Shikai had some problems with his aesthetic orientation.
He took the letter from Ma Yue with trepidation. Ma Yue looked at , not understanding why he was so nervous. When he saw him glance at his hand, he immediately let out a sigh and looked at himself somewhat angrily.
"Why are you looking at me? What's wrong?" Ma Yue asked curiously.
"So this is what happened. I was so scared. I thought..." Sun Gang glared at her and said.
Ma Yue immediately understood what he meant and laughed happily, "I am dying of laughter. You thought..." She laughed until tears came out, and pointed at him and said, "You are the one who thought it was wrong. I didn't say anything."
"Please state your words clearly next time. Don't you know that Chinese words have many 'special meanings'?" Sun Gang himself laughed. Yes, yes, this is also one of the "bad habits" of later generations. People are willing to associate everything with those "aspects".
The "trouble" my beloved wife just mentioned was that Yuan Shikai and Queen Min joined forces to create a big "incident" in Korea.
