Born In England

at the same time.

boom!

Another heavy cruiser parked not far away was also hit by four torpedoes, and was immediately blown out of four big holes, and sea water poured in frantically...

on the pier.

"Quick, enemy attack, enemy attack!" "Hurry up and put out the fire!"

"It's over, the battleship sank, sank..."

"The other two cruisers were also shot!"

"I didn't see the enemy's warship!"

"How is this going?"

Just listening to the sound just now, the explosion sounded from outside the warship, so the possibility of an internal explosion was directly ruled out, that is to say, it was definitely caused by the enemy!

Obviously, there was no way for them to remedy it. Taking advantage of the chaos, Li Lin sent the other four destroyers with torpedo gift packages one after another.

After half an hour.

Li Lin sank a battleship, two cruisers, four destroyers and three frigates in total!

All 50 torpedoes in his storage space were also used up.

"It's done, let's go!" Li Lin left the crime scene directly.

...

At this time, the headquarters of the Straits Fleet has been completely fried!

Commander Christopher, several lieutenant generals, and more than a dozen major generals gathered here.

"Are you sure that a battleship, two cruisers, four destroyers, and three frigates were all sunk?" Christopher said with a gloomy face.

"Yes, Commander." Lieutenant General Douglas nodded solemnly.

"Fak! We didn't see any enemy warships, so why was our warship docked in the harbor attacked? It was a torpedo attack!" Another Lieutenant General Edwin couldn't figure it out.

Without warships, how can enemy torpedoes hit their warships?

"Our dock is at this port, so the enemy must have obtained this important information, and there must be a ghost inside us."

"Actually, I now have a bold guess. Maybe we were attacked by enemy submarines! Only this can explain it! They are attacking underwater!" Commander Christopher guessed.

"Submarine? It is indeed possible!" Everyone's eyes lit up.

"But the English Channel is 150 miles wide, and the current submarines in the world have such a long battery life?" Lieutenant General Edwin suddenly became suspicious.

Submarines can be traced back to Leonardo in the 15th and 16th centuries. It is said that he once conceived of "a boat that can sail underwater", but this ability has always been regarded as "evil", so he did not draw a design. Until the eve of World War I, submarines were still regarded as "ungentlemanly" weapons, and their captured crew members might be punished as pirates.

The first submarine used for military purposes in history appeared in the civil war of US imperialism. A professor named David in the United States built the Turtle, and filled the water tank with a pedal valve, allowing the boat to dive to 6 meters underwater and stay underwater for about 30 minutes. The boat is equipped with two hand crank propellers, which enable the boat to obtain a speed of about 3 knots and control the lifting of the boat.

In the 1880s, with the development of submarines, countries gradually realized its importance, and all countries were keen on research and development.

But as of 1886, they also built a submarine powered by batteries in England, which successfully sailed underwater, with a speed of 6 knots and a range of about 80 nautical miles.

In other words, Lieutenant General Edwin believes that it is impossible for current submarines to have such a long battery life!

At least, they don't have any in England yet!

At most, it is about 100 nautical miles.

In fact, the submarine that can really be sent to the battlefield was born on May 17, 1897.

It is called the "Holland-VI" submarine. When it sails on the surface, it is powered by a gasoline engine. Its speed can reach 7 knots per hour and its endurance is 1,000 nautical miles. When diving underwater, it is powered by an electric motor, with a speed of up to 5 knots per hour and a range of 50 knots. The boat has a total of 5 crew members, and the weapon is a bow torpedo tube and 2 artillery pieces!

That is, its invention established Holland's status as the "father of modern submarines".

"Perhaps the enemy has invented a submarine that is more advanced than ours?"

"Well, it may not be nothing! At present, we can only report in this way." Commander Christopher said in a deep voice.

This time the loss was so heavy that they wanted to suppress it for a few days before reporting it, but they knew that if they dared to suppress the news, they would be courting death.

It must be reported immediately!

...

London.

The palmistry is in a meeting with a group of ministers.

Suddenly, one of his secretary hurried in with a telegram.

"My lord, it's the telegram from Li Lin!" the female secretary said in a low voice.

"Um?"

The other party wants to know that they are gathering an army and fleet, and they are going to kneel down and beg for mercy?

"Hehe." Thinking of this, Master Palmist opened the telegram and took a look.

Content: Dear palm reader, I said a few days ago that I just want to be a businessman in peace, but I took the initiative to negotiate peace with you, but you just don't accept my favor. Now, I have no choice but to have my people blow up and sink several ships of your Straits Fleet. If you continue to send troops to destroy my forces in Singapore, I don’t mind continuing to find your other fleets. bad luck! The big deal is that the fish will die and the net will be broken. My factory in Singapore can be burned at any time and then go to other places to build factories, but your fleet may not be built so soon! So I advise you to stop here. I will continue to be a businessman in Singapore in peace, and we have nothing to do with each other——Li Lin.

After reading this telegram, the palmistry adults were all overjoyed!

"Is this Li Lin suffering from paranoia? He also said that he blew up some ships of our Channel Fleet? Does he have that ability? Minister of the Navy, come and show you, is there such a thing?"

"What?" The Secretary of the Navy took it over and looked at it, and was also amused.

"Haha, our Channel Fleet has not sent me any news so far. It's very good. He even sank a few ships... Ha ha!" The Secretary of the Navy mocked.

At this moment, the female secretary of the Secretary of the Navy hurried in with a telegram.

"My lord, there is an urgent call from the Channel Fleet!"

"Um?"

When the Minister of the Navy read the contents of the telegram, his face changed suddenly, and he exclaimed: "Impossible! Just an hour ago, a battleship, two cruisers, four destroyers and three frigates docked at the secret port all Sunk!"

hum!

The Secretary of the Navy's head suddenly buzzed.

This is all his baby!

Especially that battleship!

In this era, battleships are definitely the most powerful ships!

But now there is no one?

"Minister of the Navy, what's going on?" The palmistry minister realized that something was wrong, didn't he see that the other party looked like a dead father?