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When he realized that the British might turn back and attack Hong Kong in an unconventional way, Tang Haoqian could no longer sit still.

"Record, order the task force to immediately withdraw to about ten nautical miles from Hong Kong, turn on the radar at full power, and strictly monitor the key waters near Hong Kong.

Order the Sea Wolf Brigade to immediately move to the key offshore waters, seas, seas near Hong Kong.

Immediately report the latest analysis and prediction results to Major General Tao Qian this time, and request the naval and aviation forces at Baoan Airport to increase aerial reconnaissance and be prepared to the tune of 100,000 points."[

After issuing several orders at once, Deng Haogan walked out of the command room and saw that the entire task force was already returning. The distance was over a hundred nautical miles. For new ships that were almost all built in the late 1920s and early 1930s, , it only takes two or three hours.

As long as the British did not receive their God's blessing and coincidentally arrived at the offshore waters of Hong Kong during this time and successfully bombarded Hong Kong, then Hong Kong would be absolutely safe.

Deng Haoqian looked at the steel watch on his left wrist. It was already past four in the afternoon. If there were no accidents, it would be nightfall by the time the task force rushed back.

"I hope I can catch up just in time. If it's earlier or later, it will be a huge trouble." As the commander of the Navy, Deng Haoqian is well aware of the serious constraints that night battles have on the task force. In addition to the Kunming and Chengdu aircraft carriers, the Chongqing-class Cruisers and other battleships are not qualified to engage with battleships' cannons, and the two aircraft carriers do not have any aircraft capable of taking off at night. The Chengdu has a radar aircraft, but it is not enough to deal with the British. .

"Junguo, pick me up Colonel Ding Jialing, commander of the submarine force."

Operations Officer Li Junguo responded: "Yes"

At this time, Deng Haoqian knew that perhaps only submarines would have the ability to set up ambushes in key sea areas. He would issue an immediate attack order to Dingjialing. Once it was discovered that the British small fleet had the intention to approach Hong Kong and bombard the city, he would immediately attack it. sink.

Hong Kong is less than one nautical mile offshore. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the wind blows and the tide surges, and the sea looks sparkling. No one would have thought that there is a big black fish hidden under the waves. .

This big dark fish is quietly lurking in the deep sea more than 40 meters deep. The nearly 80-meter-long hull looks a bit like a cigar at first glance, but it also has a partial shape design suitable for sea navigation. The huge underwater monster looked more eerie. Some large fish in the nearby sea saw this behemoth suspended quietly in the water and stayed away from it. Occasionally, they could even see a seven or eight-meter-long baby sperm whale, far away. Walking around in the distance, he seemed to be full of curiosity about this strange guy.

This big fish is one of the ten most advanced Nanhai-class submarines in Southwest China. The new shape combines cigar-shaped design and traditional design, taking into account the balance between underwater navigation and surface navigation. After all, submarines in this period , due to battery and power reasons, it is impossible to sneak too far underwater, and the design consideration of the Nanhai-class submarine is to be an ocean-going submarine that can operate in the entire South China Sea, and even further. Therefore, surface navigation has become a must. Problems not considered. Even if the special steel for new ships in Southwest China has been put into production, even if there is a breakthrough in pressure resistance technology, it can only lead Western submarines of the same class in some fields, but cannot surpass the limitations of the entire era.

The main reason was that Zhang Shusheng took the lead and guided a lot of things in the development of submarines.

Displacement of multiple tons, maximum surface speed: 192 knots, maximum underwater speed: 96 knots, submarine design is relatively advanced, due to the use of a new large battery pack produced by Nanning Battery Factory, the underwater endurance has been greatly improved, relatively

Compared with submarines of the same period, which only have an underwater range of about 60 nautical miles, the Nanhai-class submarine is equipped with an underwater snorkel and can sail at a speed of 55 knots and can reach 90 nautical miles. Its design diving depth is 260 meters, which is the same number.

It exceeded the main submarines equipped by various countries at the same time.

It’s not that Southwest has completely surpassed the West, but that Southwest first made a breakthrough in the special steel project, and then concentrated its financial resources to use new special ship steel and new submarine batteries to build and equip these Nanhai-class submarines. You must know that the entire Southwest is

In the past ten years, there have been only a dozen small offshore submarines and ten medium-sized Nanhai-class submarines. They have temporarily followed the route of elite troops and fine craftsmanship. Coupled with some advanced design concepts, Westerners have not experienced war in more than ten years.

The underwater submarine force that has been put to the test has certainly fallen behind.

The entire submarine has the number of torpedo tubes: 6, including 4 at the bow and 2 at the stern, equipped with 28 rounds. To put it bluntly, if the enemy's anti-submarine power is too weak, such a Nanhai-class even

It is possible to send a small fleet down into the trench to feed the fish.

In this era, submarines with this kind of performance are already very powerful. Under the leadership of Director Gan Chuanrui of the Naval Research Institute 2201, from the beginning of its establishment in 1920, it was based on U-shaped boats bought from Germany.

, engaged in scientific research step by step, from the first ten-meter-long demonstration boat to today's 80-meter-long Nanhai-class submarine in more than ten years. It has to be said that with the help of Zhang Shusheng's information, it was clearly understood early on

Having determined the development direction of submarines, it took the Southwest more than ten years to finally enable the navy to achieve partial "asymmetric operations." At least for now, the Southwest Navy is small but sophisticated.

"Captain, this is the order we just received. It was personally issued by Commander Deng Haoqian." The communications staff officer handed the order he just received to Colonel Ding Jialing, captain of the Sea Wolf unit, and gave a brief explanation, "Commander Deng suspects the British

Behind the hasty and bizarre evacuation of Hong Kong was a roundabout revenge plan led by the opposing commander. They probably gave up escaping to Singapore or waiting for reinforcements, but instead took a leaping route back to Hong Kong and bombarded the city."

"Well, our area is closest to the main city of Hong Kong. There are only us and another offshore submarine nearby. I hope there will be no problems."

Ding Jialing thought about it and realized that this possibility was indeed very high. After all, the intelligence in the past few days showed that the British fleet was often near and far away, but its whereabouts could never be completely captured.

Time was running out, and the submarines distributed in other places had no time to arrive. Originally, in the Hong Kong battle, the navy mobilized five offshore submarines and three Nanhai-class submarines, but because it needed to defend several different directions, it seemed a bit stretched. After all,

The task force is the most mobile naval force. At this time, the submarine force is still too slow to move. Instead, it is best to wait and wait. "Then let us try. Behind the coast is the most prosperous urban area. The British have long been

Those stationed in Hong Kong must be aware of this and order other boats to be on higher alert and keep in touch with the brigade at all times."[

There are a total of three sea areas in Hong Kong that need to be defended. The navy in the southwest is really stretched. If we really fight face to face, you will die and I will be injured, but it will make people sleep better.

At the same time, Bao'an Airport, which had become somewhat quiet after a few days of hustle and bustle, became busy again. Fighter planes were either brought out or pulled out by vehicles and placed on the runway.

The first to take off were the medium-range reconnaissance aircraft 'Tianniao-1' converted from three H-2 bombers. The auxiliary fuel tanks were attached. In less than twenty minutes, the first Tianniao-1 had already taken off, with its nose raised high.

, after circling and gaining altitude, it turned at a large angle in the air and flew towards Hong Kong.

At the same time, more fighter planes are refueling. There are nearly thirty planes in the entire airport, half of which are taking off, ready for war, and half of which are on standby. Fighters are responsible for escorting and can also clear out possible anti-aircraft firepower from enemy ships. H-1

The H-2 bomber is equipped with 250kg and 500kg aerial bombs. In addition to the heavy aerial bombs, there are also several torpedo planes that are attaching a heavy torpedo weighing more than 700 kilograms to the aircraft in preparation for the British

The human fleet has a big surprise.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, the Air Force fighter planes quickly flew over Hong Kong.

"Command, Tianniao 11 reported that no British warships were found. I repeat, no British fleet was found."

"Command, Tiantiao reported on the 12th that no British warships were found. I repeat, no enemy fleet was found."

When the two reconnaissance planes converted from bombers had to return, it was almost dark. At first, the Sky Bird reconnaissance planes searched for traces of the British along the sea, and then fighter planes and bomber formations also joined the search.

However, no trace of the British was found within a radius of hundreds of nautical miles.

When Deng Haoqian received the report, he felt deeply puzzled. Did the British really hide in the South China Sea, or did they defect to the French in Vietnam?

But he could not be convinced by this assumption because once the British bombarded Hong Kong, the enemy's arrogance would definitely increase, which would have a huge negative impact on the entire military operation in the southwest and future negotiations.

After all, as the commander of the Navy, he knew very well that Southwest was betting that the British would not be able to survive it first. But once Hong Kong was bombarded, domestic calls for war with the British would surely rise as never before. Obviously, now is not the time.

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The situation is so strange. The Southwest Army can sink the British battleships, but Hong Kong must not be bombarded. This is why he would rather stay in the offshore waters of Hong Kong than pursue it recklessly. He knows the power of the battleships very well, and the former owner

Once the cannon hit the city, it would cause huge casualties, let alone two cruisers and three ships. The consequences would be unimaginable to him.

The British can be bold and bold, but they dare not let the British do whatever they want. The Chinese will be the ones who die. If the trouble is brought to an end, the Chinese will suffer the consequences in the end.

South China Sea, 150 nautical miles away from Hong Kong, towards the southwest waters of Hong Kong.

"Full speed ahead to target Hong Kong."

When the afterglow of the setting sun was about to be swallowed up by the night, Colonel Sim finally ordered the fleet to go again. In order to wait for this sunset, he had been planning for a long time. Even several times, he seemed to have an illusion of seeing the little bird on the horizon.

Chinese aircraft. He was on tenterhooks every moment. He had a deep understanding of the terror of the Chinese Air Force. Two destroyers were blown up before they could even finish sending the telegram.

He does not think that his battleships are much more resistant to bombing than destroyers. He once, like other outstanding captains of the Imperial Royal Navy, firmly believed that cannons and giant ships are the magic weapon for the navy, not what those aircraft carrier factions who are clamoring to reform the navy say.

Like that, which aircraft will determine the naval battle, they firmly believe that the cannon will determine the naval battle. Even just last month, China launched a new heavy cruiser with a displacement of more than 11,000 tons. It is really a scary big thing.

When he came into contact with the unlucky Hong Kong fleet, in which a captain was killed by a piece of iron dropped by a Chinese plane, he once doubted the words of the Far East Fleet rear admiral, thinking that he was greedy for life and afraid of death.

But in this Hong Kong war, he once again saw the Chinese people's vanity

Army. He had to accept the fact that 1932 was no longer 1840. At that time, the Imperial Navy could rely on cannons and giant ships to destroy the Chinese forts. But today, for the fighters in the sky, not to mention his three warships,

Even the entire Far East Fleet seemed helpless.

He believed in God, but he did not believe that just a few symbolic anti-aircraft guns could shoot down dozens of Chinese planes.

Therefore, he immediately ordered the withdrawal from Hong Kong. However, as a captain and commander of the Royal Navy, the centuries-old majesty of the Imperial Navy made him urgently need to carry out a revenge against the Chinese. Bombarding Hong Kong would be the most convenient way to relieve his hatred.

, just like the Imperial Navy does all over the world, when the enemy does not surrender, we use cannons to blast open their mouths, blast their legs that symbolize false dignity, make them surrender, and make them kneel down and surrender.

"Almighty God, bless the operation smoothly."

After the sky darkened, Colonel Sim still managed to escape the fear of the Chinese. He knew that the fleet's only chance was to take advantage of the darkness and use those pesky aircraft to bombard Hong Kong when they could not launch air strikes. Of course,

He privately believed that the shelling at night might bring bigger surprises to those staying at home.[

No matter how many people die, they are still yellow-skinned monkeys, not civilized citizens of the empire.

"My HMS Warrior, you will use the sound of your cannons to tell the Chinese that the majesty of the British Royal Navy cannot be violated. Together with you, I will become another practical example of the heroic combat of the Imperial Navy."

However, Colonel Sim, who is facing the war, has already thought about it. If he can survive the war successfully this time, he will write a letter in person to suggest to the pig-like officials of the Imperial Admiralty who are still kept in the dark that the British Empire should

Build more aircraft carriers instead of using them as maritime surveillance aircraft carriers.

Time passed quickly. When Colonel Sim looked up from the chart, the first mate told him that Hong Kong was ten nautical miles away.

"Order 8 twin-mounted 15-inch main guns (381mm) and 12 6-inch secondary guns (152mm) to be ready for firing, and let the boys shoot the most guns at the damn Chinese."

For a battleship, ten nautical miles is only a dozen kilometers. If it advances a little further, it can bombard the Hong Kong that the Chinese have just taken back without reaching the shoals.

"Commander Deng, Colonel Ding Jialing, captain of the Sea Wolf Force, sent another report. No trace of the British was found." The combat staff walked to Deng Haoqian. The rear admiral frowned at this time, as if he was worried about something.

Deng Haoqian was not worried about anything else, but the almost fearful intuition in his heart kept reminding him that something would definitely happen. Perhaps because this was the first time the Navy had participated in a large-scale actual combat, it put him under a lot of pressure. The Navy is different from Army and Air Force. If the Army cannot win, it can still run away. Without soldiers, it only needs a mobilization order to recruit more recruits. If the Air Force fails, it can quickly build new fighters. Only the Navy, once its combat strength is lost, will Not to mention, if the enemy is allowed to bombard the coastal defenses, it will be even worse.

"Where are Dingjialing and the others?"

"They have gathered three offshore submarines, two Nanhai-class submarines, and are patrolling within a range of five nautical miles. Commander, the Nanhai-class submarines are all equipped with sonar. Although it is not the large towed sonar equipped by the task force, it is It can also stand the test of actual combat." The combat staff analyzed in a low voice.

"Well, tell them that the sea areas in three directions must be strictly guarded. I have a hunch that the British will definitely not give up. They will definitely come back, if for no other reason than because they can't bear this loss. They look down on us in their bones. The Chinese have never even regarded us as enemies, but as colonies and a backward, yellow-skinned race."

Deng Haoqian thought of the righteousness of his father, Duke Deng, and couldn't help but sigh. His father could die in battle to serve the country, but he couldn't, because he had to do everything possible to win the nation's new navy.

At this time, the aircraft carrier task force needs to hide in a safe port, and Hong Kong will continue to be guarded by submarine forces.

"Report, urgent information just received, a target suspected to be the British fleet has been found 4 nautical miles off the coast of Hong Kong. Captain Ding Jialing, captain of the Sea Wolf Force, will attack it after identifying it."

An urgent piece of military information immediately alerted the entire flagship command center.

Six nautical miles off the coast of Hong Kong

On the Nanhai-class submarine No. 05, sonar soldier He Guangyin has been listening attentively for three hours. What seems to be coming from the earphones is the unchanging ocean noise.
To be continued...