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    A black pipe extends from the sea.  Ten kilometers to the south, the huge joint fleet of Britain, France and Russia was sailing north at a speed of 8 knots. Battleships and armored cruisers were guarding the center, and all the peripheries were light cruisers and destroyers.

    Submarine No. 12 is located at the southernmost end of the ambush circle of the Chinese Navy¡¯s submarine brigade.  If you want to attack the battleships of the combined fleets of Britain, France and Russia, you must get into the queue of the combined fleets.  At the same time, in order not to alert the enemy, it is necessary to wait until other submarines have entered the queue of the combined fleet.

    "Put away the periscope, dive to 30 meters, turn left 15 degrees, speed two knots!" Major Xie Hailong, the captain of submarine No. 12, gave the order.

    The periscope slowly retracted, and the submarine dived again from the previous 12 meters underwater, until it reached 30 meters underwater, and then began to sail south. The propeller behind the submarine moved under the power of the motor.  Driven by it, it rotated quickly.  The submarine is like a big fish underwater, sailing slowly into the dark sea.  Although the noise is very loud, it is not noticeable on the sea surface.  At the same time, during the high-speed navigation of the joint fleet, the noise generated was not small. Under such circumstances, it was simply impossible for them to discover the Chinese submarine hiding underwater.

    After discovering that the combined fleet had arrived, the submarines of the submarine brigade dived one after another and slowly adjusted their positions, preparing to sneak into the queue of the combined fleet.  Each submarine only carries 6 torpedoes. Although they are 533 mm heavy torpedoes, they are limited by technology.  This heavy torpedo is not very powerful.  It is only slightly more powerful than the 475 medium-sized torpedo usually equipped by the Chinese Navy.  Moreover, the range is only one thousand meters.  If it is a destroyer or light cruiser, using this torpedo will not have much effect.  If you want to rush to a distance of one thousand meters from the enemy ship to launch torpedoes, a destroyer or light cruiser will also take a very big risk.  However, submarines would not be in such danger.  The attack by the Chinese submarine was completely unexpected by the combined fleet.

    In the bridge of the battleship Majesty, the flagship of the Combined Fleet.  The commander of the fleet, Sir Algernon MacLennan Lyons, frowned and looked around with his telescope vigilantly.  It is about to arrive in China's mainland, and the Chinese Navy cannot remain silent any longer.  He dared to assert that either today or tomorrow, the Chinese navy would definitely come out for a decisive battle with the combined fleets of Britain, France, and Russia.  Sir Algernon MacLennan Lyons participated in countless naval battles throughout his life. Although after entering the steam age, the British Navy has basically not fought any wars.  But the quality of the British naval generals is undoubtedly very high.  Sir Algernon MacLennan Lyons.  It seems that a crisis is coming.

    "Order all ships to be more vigilant, destroyers and cruisers, and expand the search range. I am sure that the Chinese navy is in front of us. They must have arrived and are waiting for us!" Combined Fleet Commander Algernon McLennan?  Sir Lyons ordered.

    "Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!" Fleet Chief of Staff Sir Frederick William Richards fully executed the order.  The outer cruisers and destroyers began to spread out, looking for traces of the Chinese navy.  At the same time, a reconnaissance fleet composed of several light cruisers was also 20 kilometers away, speeding up its voyage to the north, trying to detect traces of the Chinese navy.

    The combined fleet of Britain, France and Russia was divided into five battleship squadrons and two armored cruiser squadrons.  With the First Battleship Division as the center, two kilometers apart, there is the Second Battleship Division to the northwest and the Third Battleship Division to the northeast.  To the southwest is the 4th Battleship Division, and to the southeast is the 5th Battleship Division.  Two armored cruiser detachments were on both sides of the battleship.

    The huge fleet stretches almost ten kilometers on the sea.  The billowing smoke emitted by the battleship even covered the sky and the sun.  Such a spectacular sight is shocking.  However, this huge fleet has become the target of the Chinese Navy's submarine force.

    On the Russian Navy battleship Petropavlovsk, Grand Justice Alexandrovich, who served as deputy commander of the Combined Fleet, was sulking.  Because he refused to go to the battleship "Majesty" and insisted on staying on the "Petropavlovsk", for the command of the fleet, the fleet commander Sir Algernon MacLennan Lyons and  Fleet Chief of Staff Sir Frederick William Richards ignored him and directly issued orders to the entire fleet, and he had to comply.  This made Grand Duke Alexandrovich feel ignored.  As a marshal of the Russian Navy, he had never been treated like this before.

    "Hmph! If it wasn't for the sake of defeating the Chinese, I wouldn't listen to the orders of these British guys. If we defeat the Chinese navy, that's fine. If we fail, you will have a hard time!"Grand Duke Alexandrovich said secretly in his heart. Of course, these are just angry words. If the combined fleet fails, it will be of no benefit to Russia, and even Grand Duke Alexandrovich himself  , and your life is at risk!

    ¡°Rise to the height of the periscope, raise the periscope, fill the launch tube with water, and prepare to fight!¡± In the No. 12 submarine, the captain, Major Xie Hailong, issued a new order after waiting patiently for an hour.  For them, this hour is like a year!  According to the calculation of time, boat No. 12 should be located behind the British, French and Russian combined fleet at this moment.  If nothing went wrong, they would be among the battleships behind the combined fleet.

    As the water was squeezed out, the submarine began to slowly rise.  The periscope went deep into the sea, and suddenly, a huge guy appeared in front of them.  The place where submarine No. 12 appeared was just to the right of the 4th battleship squadron as you remember, less than 800 meters away.

    "Good opportunity, the Russian battleship "Alexander II", launch torpedoes and kill this big guy!" Major Xie Hailong, the captain of submarine No. 12, gave the order to launch torpedoes.  The first shot between the Chinese Navy and the navies of Britain, France and Russia was fired by submarine No. 12!

    "Bang! Bang!" There were two crisp sounds, and two heavy torpedoes rushed towards the battleship "Alexander II" at a speed of 20 knots.  The distance of 800 meters only takes 80 seconds for a high-speed torpedo.  The two torpedoes were aimed two hundred meters in front of the battleship Alexander II.  For the battleship Alexander II sailing at a speed of 8 knots, the two heavy cruisers were able to hit the middle of the battleship after passing a distance of 800 meters.

    "What is that? Why is there a pipe sticking out of the sea?" On the starboard side of the battleship "Alexander II", a Russian navy corporal asked doubtfully, pointing to the sea.

    Several Russian navy soldiers also looked in the direction pointed by the navy corporal.  However, those with keen eyes discovered two water marks on the water, heading towards their battleship.

    "Torpedo! Oh God! It's a torpedo!" The Russian soldiers suddenly shouted.

    In less than twenty seconds, a battle alarm sounded on the battleship Alexander II.  The sudden sound of the battle alarm caused the entire British, French and Russian combined fleet to panic, because so far, they have not found any trace of the Chinese navy at all.  The battleship "Alexander II" began an emergency evasion of the torpedoes.  However, the distance was too close. By the time the torpedo was discovered, the torpedo was less than two hundred meters away from the battleship "Alexander II".

    "What's going on? What are those Russians doing? Why did the battle alarm sound?" On the battleship Majesty, Fleet Commander Sir Algernon MacLennan Lyons asked in surprise.  He rushed to the window of the bridge and looked at the battleship "Alexander II" with a telescope doubtfully.

    At the same time, on the battleship Petropavlovsk, the deputy commander of the fleet, Grand Duke Alexandrovich of the Russian Navy, was also asking what happened.

    Two heavy torpedoes rushed towards the battleship "Alexander II" at high speed.  The battleship has already begun to turn rapidly, but its huge hull makes it not as flexible as a destroyer. It will take at least more than a minute to complete the turn.

    "Boom! Boom!" Two loud noises sounded in succession.  Two torpedoes hit the battleship "Alexander II" one after another.  One hit the middle of the battleship Alexander II, and the other hit the tail.  The warheads of the two heavy-duty torpedoes weighed 90 kilograms, and contained dozens of kilograms of powerful explosives.  When the torpedo hit the battleship "Alexander II", an explosion occurred immediately.

    The violent explosion caused the battleship, which weighed more than 12,000 tons, to be lifted more than two meters out of the water.  Then, it fell heavily to the water, and the entire battleship broke into three parts.  After that, the battleship sank into the sea in less than twenty seconds. None of the hundreds of people on the battleship survived.

    ¡°Good job, aim at the next target and prepare to launch!¡± Major Wu Hailong shouted excitedly on the No. 12 submarine.  A battleship of tens of thousands of tons was easily sent into the sea by their submarine of more than two hundred tons.

    At the same time, the other 11 submarines have also risen to the height of the periscope and began to attack.

    "Oh God! What is going on?" Sir Algernon MacLennan Lyons, commander of the United Fleet, looked at the slowly sinking battleship "Alexander II" and was stunned!

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