West of Kalimantan and south of the Riau Islands, at 11°33' north latitude and 107°12' east longitude, a submarine is slowly sailing south on the blue sea.
The Union Jack flag hanging high on the command tower was swaying in the wind, and two sailors were observing the surroundings with binoculars.
This is the Lixia-class No. 2 ship of the Second Submarine Group of the Nanyang Fleet of the Ming Dynasty. They received a telegram four days ago to suspend their routine cruise mission and go to the sea off Sereng, Java Island as soon as possible to standby.
In order to travel, they had to sail quickly on the water during the day, so they hung up the Union Jack flag to confuse the Dutch, pretending to be a Royal Navy submarine, which was really arrogant.
The history of modern naval submarines originates from a series of submarines designed and manufactured by American Holland, who is known as the father of submarines.
Countries around the world are very interested, ordering Holland submarines one after another, and then developing their own submarines based on them. The proud British Empire was relatively slow in this regard. They scorned such "sneaky" weapons and did not order five Holland submarines until the beginning of the twentieth century.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty Navy had just changed its name to the Navy, and the regular construction had not yet been on track. Someone had already noticed that submarines were indeed a good weapon for coastal defense and suggested their introduction.
However, considering that our own industrial construction has just started, thinking about this thing by ourselves from the beginning seems a bit like "wanting to learn to run before I can walk"?
Therefore, it was not until four years before the European War that the Ming Navy ordered four submarines from the British Vickers Company and the French Schneider Company, and required that the latter two be built at the Guangzhou Shipyard and the Shanghai Shipyard respectively. Send someone to guide.
After the European War, Ming Dynasty placed its last order from France for two 900-ton Diana-class medium-sized submarines and a 1,300-ton Lagrange-class large submarine. At this point, after crossing the river by following Britain and France, the Ming Navy embarked on its own style of submarine design.
Today's Lixia-class submarine is a cutting-edge large-scale ocean-going submarine that entered service last year. Except for the passive sonar and power system, everything has reached first-class standards. It is 92 meters long, 8.5 meters wide, with a surface displacement of 1,570 tons and an underwater displacement of 2,240 tons.
Its power system was originally planned to use two 7,200-horsepower diesel engines. However, the actual test found that the noise was too loud, so it was changed to four 4,000-horsepower diesel engines. It is driven by two 950-horsepower electric motors during underwater navigation. The maximum speed is 21 knots on the water and 9 knots underwater.
The oil tank reserves 360 tons of diesel and 10 tons of lubricants, with a maximum endurance of more than 12,000 nautical miles. It has a lot of surplus when driving from Guangzhou to Los Angeles and back; the battery system is 180 lead-acid batteries, each weighing 600 kilograms, which can support the entire The boat cruises approximately 90 nautical miles at a speed of 4 knots.
The weapon system is a total of 6 torpedo tubes in the bow, four and two stern, carrying a total of 20 16-inch, or 512㎜ Type 30 steam gas torpedoes; there is a 112㎜ naval gun on the deck and two 12.8㎜ on the control tower. Anti-aircraft machine gun.
Special equipment includes a short-wave communication device, a long-wave communication device, and a "Lightning Strike Calculator," which is a torpedo data computer.
"Fuck, enemy plane, four o'clock direction!"
"Why are you rushing to the street? Bring that tricolor flag."
A P2Y seaplane belonging to the Dutch East Indus Air Force (ML-KNIL) discovered a submarine sailing south on the surface during a routine patrol mission.
The two pilots in the cabin were a little curious, so they lowered their altitude to take a closer look.
Seeing the Union Jack flag flying on the control tower, the navigator held the binoculars and said: "What are these British people doing?"
The pilot casually said: "Maybe it's for navigation training? Can you look at the log sheet and memo?"
"No need, trouble."
"You're too lazy."
At this time, the two saw the sailors on the submarine's control tower raising a Dutch flag.
The two sailors tried to keep the tricolor out of their faces and followed the plane, keeping the flag facing the plane.
The P2Y seaplane circled at low altitude, swung its wings three times in greeting, and then continued flying northeast.
"Report, the plane circled around and then left." A sailor turned to the deputy captain and said.
"That's good. Today is half a day plus one night. Tomorrow morning we will switch to snorkeling. Then we will surface and sail again in the evening. We can arrive that night."
"yes."
The Ming Navy's naming of submarines is based on class plus model plus number. The class is twenty-four solar terms. For example, the No. 2 Lixia-class A-class boat is the second Lixia-class A-class boat.
This was the second time the Lixia A-2 boat went on a sea cruise after it was commissioned. However, just seven days after setting off, it encountered an unexpected situation - the captain, the major, suffered from acute appendicitis. After emergency surgery in the ship's infirmary, he was hospitalized by the base. The seaplane sent was picked up.
But the mission had to continue, and the entire boat was transferred to the command of Lieutenant Ling Su, the deputy of the boat. But a few days later, they received this strange order.
What are you going to do if you go deep into the territory of the Dutch?
"A new telegram has arrived." After receiving the telegram, the telegraph operator translated it and presented it to Ling Su.
The mechanical officer who was idle on the side came over and said, "What's going on? Have you handed over the mission?"
"Well, let's go pick up a group of lost people and take them home." Ling Su said calmly.
In the evening of this day, in the Katalin Hotel...
Zhao Rong and Guo Shenggen, who has outstanding marksmanship, also came to room 0907. They had just completed their reconnaissance of the Tadio military camp.
"Sir, these Dutch people don't know how they train their troops. I..." Zhao Rong didn't know what words to use to describe what he saw today.
The security was extremely lax, and there were rows of small vendors at the entrance of the military camp. The guards smoked cigarettes, drank iced juice, and hid in the shade of big trees or sentry towers to enjoy the coolness.
Some familiar vendors can even say hello and go in directly. What surprised Chaorong the most was that some scantily clad prostitutes actually came in and out of their own homes?
After asking people nearby, I found out that Javanese soldiers often used military supplies to pay for whoring?
This is a common situation, and the Dutch are very distressed by it. If the management is stricter, it will lead to complaints and booing!
In fact, after the colonial authorities decided to reorganize the Dutch-Indian army, some officers were indeed determined to vigorously rectify this bad situation, but to no avail. For example, last year, a major was jointly "complained" after he only strictly enforced discipline for more than a month.
Because the Javanese soldiers complained about it and treated it negatively in training, and at the same time, even some lazy and indulgent Dutch non-commissioned officers were not used to it.
Engineer Corporal Wang Mingfa looked like "You're kidding me" when he heard this, "Sir Zhao, are you kidding me? This can be considered an army? Since ancient times, only soldiers and horses who have been extremely corrupt have dared to be so indulgent, right?"
Zhao Rong shook his head helplessly, "It's absolutely true!"
As for the colonial army, they go to suppress the resistance of the people in Java Island and Sumudara every now and then. It’s so weird if the military appearance and discipline are good!
"But there's nothing to laugh at. How long has it been since our military's morale changed? There's no point in laughing at one hundred and fifty steps." Zhou Changfeng waved his hand and continued: "Let's perfect the action plan."
