Extraordinary Sailing

beep--!

A fleet of three steel warships, one large, two small, split the waves and majestically sailed through the high seas of the Eritrean Sea, leaving only three long white trails on the sea.

but.

In the fleet, the two small accompanying warships "Pangolin" and "Warthog" flying the flag of the Principality are not actually the main [battleships] in the navy, but two [fast cruisers].

[Specifications] The length of the whole ship: 169 meters; width: 16.9 meters; draft: 5.8 meters; standard displacement: 7430 tons.

[Armment]: main gun: 4 double-mounted 152mm 50-caliber artillery; secondary gun: 4 single-mounted 102mm 45-caliber artillery; anti-aircraft gun: 3 quadruple-mounted 12.7mm 62-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns ; Torpedo: 2 quadruple 533 mm torpedo tubes.

【Speed】: 29 knots.

As if [International Democratic League] has already successfully launched its own [Full Heavy Artillery Battleship], [Monarch Shield] will certainly not let its own naval strategic system be blank.

These [fast cruisers] actually played the roles of fifth-tier ships and sixth-tier ships in the sail era in the past.

Especially Tulip, which has the largest colony in the world, needs a large number of cruisers to maintain the safety of the colony.

Even if they can't be used as the final battleships, they can be used to detect the enemy's situation; launch a breakaway battle; protect the battleship fleet to go to the open sea; they can also besiege the enemy's large warships with wolf tactics.

As for the flagship and pilot ship in the fleet, there is no doubt that it is [Full Heavy Artillery Battleship Super Dreadnaught Class Prince].

Captain length: 177.8 meters; ship width: 29 meters; draft 8.7 meters; full load displacement: 28,900 tons.

Regardless of the comparison from that parameter, it is the most powerful battleship among the civilized countries in the world today, and there is no one.

It is currently the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the Black Sea Fleet, the Broken Star Sea Fleet, and the Golden Sea Fleet, among the three major fleets of the Garrett Principality's navy, and it is a powerful barrier to defend the capital.

But at this time, the atmosphere in the luxuriously decorated captain's cabin of the battleship was not very harmonious.

The female officer with an exquisite figure and a neat military uniform cocked her feet, and seemed to be sitting on the captain's chair very presumptuously, looking at the captain who stood in front of her with lowered brows and hands down, with a smile that was not a smile:

"Elantra, do you know where I went wrong?"

The latter's face was full of grievances, and he didn't have the slightest look of a vice-admiral:

"Honey, it's wrong!"

"Wrong? Miss Negrito, who was in charge of the reception, was about to get into your arms during the ball. I remember that she was called Fatima Sana, or a high-caste lady from a priestly family. ?”

The "Peacock Islands" is indeed the "Museum of Ethnology and Belief" of the entire human world. Although that Miss Fatima is still considered a Negrito, she was born in the upper class.

In other words, she was a mixed race of Nemansters and Negritos, with long chestnut hair, a high nose and deep eyes, and a very healthy wheat-colored skin.

What's even more rare is that although she is only 18 years old, she has already obtained a bachelor's degree from the Faletis Tulip Academy of Art, and graduated first in the same period, and she is close friends with many ladies from powerful families in the alliance.

The end is a peerless beauty who wants to have good looks and connotation.

"How can you defile people's innocence out of thin air? Isn't it because you are inconvenient to attend the farewell ball, so you can't let me dance with men?"

Elantra looked up at his wife's slightly swollen belly, and said in his heart: You think highly of me too, even if I have that kind of heart, how can I have the guts?

"Hmph, let my brother beat you up when I get home!"

Hearing this, the general who doesn't make sense can only respond with a wry smile. Although he is very self-aware, a hundred of himself can't beat the big uncle who is "the concrete form of truth".

But anyway, he is almost forty years old, and it is difficult to say such embarrassing words to his wife as "let my brother beat your brother".

Dare to fight against Irina's "brutal" rule?

Although she doesn't look too pregnant yet, with slender and graceful limbs, she is actually almost three months pregnant.

Now this is a treasure!

If you make her angry, I'm afraid the whole family will unite and kill herself.

At that time, I'm afraid it will become a mixed doubles of two [half-gods] immediately! Can't afford it, can't afford it.

At this moment.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Following the hasty knock on the door, a voice that sounded like heavenly sounds in Elantra's ears:

"Report to your Excellency, the sonar feedback, there is an unknown thing following us underwater!"

call out!

Elantra rushed out with one stride.

Now that there was a military situation, Irina, as the deputy captain, would not be confused, and rushed into the bridge right behind.

Because both the sonar squad and the radar squad are under the control of the radar department, the radar captain reports the enemy's situation to the two captains:

"Reporting, Captain, the unknown object has power, is traveling at ten knots, was captured by passive sonar five minutes ago, and is currently one kilometer away from us.

It is speculated that it was near our flight line in advance, and the noise made after we started moving was discovered by us. "

[Sonar] itself is a technology for navigation and ranging through electro-acoustic conversion and information processing. The key point is not ultrasound, but electro-acoustic conversion and information processing.

This is a problem that has only been solved by the [Electrical Engineers] in recent years, and it is quite different from the sonar on the [Crown of Miracles] that can only be used with the help of the ship spirit "Mei".

The new sonar equipped on the "Prince" has a passive detection range of about 20 kilometers and an active detection range of about 50 kilometers.

Although the passive sonar that is turned on all day does not need to actively emit ultrasonic waves, it will not expose its own existence through the use of sonar.

But the performance is much worse than that of active sonar, especially if the noise of the measured target is close to or even less than the background noise of the ocean, it is basically the same as a blind man.

This is also the basis for the radar chief to make the above judgment.

"Order, the Warthog is approaching for reconnaissance, and the captain, Colonel Mandel, is authorized to fire first!"

When one of the two cruisers slowly left the group to propel itself.

One kilometer away from them, in the same direction, an inconspicuous rod suddenly shrank underwater.

"Sir, the noise of the diesel engine has exposed us. Shall we attack now?"

"It would be great if [Magnetite] could be miniaturized. A highly silent submarine would not be so easy to detect."

The captain sighed with emotion, and then ordered:

"Order: Open the sealed hatch in front of the No. 1 torpedo tube and fill it with seawater."

【Federal Palme d'Or Submarine Ghost Class Sea Snail】

[Specifications]: The diameter of the shell is 5.3 meters; the length is 36 meters; the surface displacement is 493 tons; the maximum surface speed is 14 knots, and the underwater speed is only 10 knots; the maximum diving depth is 60 meters, and it can carry 20 people.

[Armment]: One 50mm gun and one 37mm gun; six 450mm torpedo tubes.

Restricted by the current level of technology, the [Ghost Class] built by the Federation mainly sails on the water surface at ordinary times, and its combat weapons are torpedoes, mines and artillery.

Because the torpedoes at this stage are all direct torpedoes, the range is short and the reliability is insufficient, so the submarines are equipped with artillery. If they encounter a weak merchant ship, they can chase and activate the artillery on the water surface.

As for going to the route of the principality fleet to provoke this time, it was not a whim.

[International League of Democracy] After all, it is different from a monarchy. As the lord, Aiwen and the others can decide many things with one word, without considering the cost and balancing the interests of all parties.

Especially in terms of technical route, no one can influence Ivan's will.

But in a "democratic country", the weapons research and development department, the navy, members of Congress, and the "Eyes of Wealth" who are behind the funding... each have their own interests.

Everyone has their own ideas about the future development route of the navy. No matter how rich they are, it is impossible to have all the technical routes at the same time.

To be honest, the arms race that has not produced any benefits has been going on for many years, and it is time to show some results to the grand lords in Congress and the benefactor's father.

Regardless of whether the results can be obtained, only friction can be cheated, and it is to apply for more funds!

certainly.

[Sea Snail] The front-line combatants of the whole ship dare to challenge the confidence of the world's strongest battleship.

It is they firmly believe that, for now, this kind of powerful weaponry that can stay underwater for a long time is almost invincible.

And they are not sea monsters, [Song of the Siren] doesn't work for them at all.

In actual combat this time, what could excite the navies more than challenging the world's strongest battleship? The Federal Army's highest medal, the "Palme d'Or", is beckoning to them!

"Dive, leave the periscope depth!"

For this submarine, the periscope depth is seven meters.

"Target the nearest cruiser, torpedo tube No. 1, launch!"

Whoosh!

A white line flew out against the surface of the water.

This torpedo is 2 meters long, weighs 220 kilograms, has a charge of 40 kilograms, a speed of 30 knots, and a range of 4 kilometers.

The first weapon expert genius engineer Levitt (mortal) invented the combustion chamber, which sent the gas generated by the combustion of high-pressure air and fuel into the cylinder to drive the piston, making the world's first [thermal power torpedo] (also known as steam gas) torpedo).

But this fish can only be used to attack surface ships.

Therefore, when a submarine attacks an enemy ship, it must float to a distance of 3-15 meters from the water surface before launching torpedoes.

At 16:35 in the afternoon, the sun on the equator was very bright. Although the true face of the enemy had not yet been seen, the lookout post of the "Warthog" had first discovered the inexplicable torpedo wake.

I thought it was some kind of sea monster, and Captain Mandel, who had already prepared the [Song of the Siren], was startled:

"Left full rudder, evade—!"

At the same time, two more murderous white waterlines emerged from the sea surface one after another, and collectively rushed towards the [Super Fearless Prince Prince] not far away.