at the same time.

Boom!

Another heavy cruiser that was moored not far away was also hit by four torpedoes, and suddenly four large holes were blown up, and the seawater poured in frantically...

on the pier.

"Quick, enemy attack, enemy attack!" "Quickly put out the fire!"

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

"The other two cruisers were also hit!"

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

"How is this going?"

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

Obviously, their remedy was impossible. Taking advantage of the chaos, Li Lin sent the other four destroyers to them with torpedo gift packages.

After half an hour.

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

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 completely fried the pot!

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

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

"Yes, Your Excellency." Lieutenant General Douglas nodded solemnly.

"Fake! We didn't see any enemy warships, so how could our warships in the harbor be attacked? Or was it a torpedo attack!" Another Lieutenant General Edwin couldn't understand.

Without warships, how could the enemy's torpedoes attack their warships?

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

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

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

"But the English Channel is 150 miles wide. At present, the submarines in the world have such a long endurance?" Lieutenant General Edwin suddenly became suspicious.

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

The first submarine in history to be used in the military appeared in the civil war between the United States and the Empire. A professor named David built the Turtle, which injected water into the tank through a foot valve, which allowed the boat to dive to 6 meters underwater and stay underwater for about 30 minutes. The boat is equipped with two hand crank propellers, so that the boat can obtain a speed of about 3 knots and control the lift of the boat.

In the 1880s, submarines were increasingly developed, and countries gradually realized their importance, and all countries were keen on research and development.

But as of 1886, they also built a submarine powered by battery power and successfully sailed underwater, with a speed of 6 knots and an endurance of about 80 nautical miles.

In other words, Admiral Edwin believes that the current submarine simply cannot have such a long endurance!

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

At most, the battery life 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 water, it is powered by a gasoline engine and can reach a speed of 7 nautical miles per hour. The endurance is 1000 nautical miles. When diving underwater, it is powered by an electric motor, with a speed of 5 nautical miles per hour and a cruising range of 50 nautical miles. The boat has a total of 5 crew members, and the weapons are a bow torpedo tube and 2 artillery pieces!

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

"Maybe the enemy has invented a submarine that is more advanced than us?"

"Well, it may not be without! At present, we can only report like this." Commander Christopher said solemnly.

This time the loss was so heavy that they wanted to wait a few days before reporting it, but they knew that if they dared to suppress the news and not report it, it would be courting death.

It must be reported immediately!

……

London.

Palmistry is having a meeting with a group of ministers.

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

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

"Um?"

The other party wants to know that they are assembling a large army and fleet here, and they want to kneel down and beg for mercy?

"Haha." Thinking of this, Master Palmist opened the telegram to take a look.

Content: Dear palmist, as I said a few days ago, I just want to be a businessman in peace, but I took the initiative to negotiate with you, but you do not accept my love. Now, I have no choice but to let my people blow up and sink a few ships of your Straits Fleet. If you continue to send troops to destroy my forces in Xinjiapo, 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 in the end~lightnovelpub.net~ My factory in Singapore can be burnt down 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, we have nothing to do with each other - Li Lin.

After reading this telegram, the palmist masters were all excited!

"Is this Li Lin suffering from paranoia? He also said that he blew up some ships of our Straits Fleet? Does he have that ability? Admiralty, come, let me show you, is there any such thing?"

"What?" The Admiralty took a look and was amused.

"Haha, we don't have any news from the Straits Fleet to me at the moment. That's great. He also blew up and sank a few ships... Haha!" The Admiralty said mockingly.

At this moment, the female secretary of the Admiralty hurriedly walked in with a telegram.

"Sir, there is an emergency call from the Straits Fleet!"

"Um?"

When the Admiralty read the contents of the telegram, his expression suddenly changed, and he exclaimed, "Impossible! Just an hour ago, a battleship, two cruisers, four destroyers, and three frigates were docked at the secret port. sunk!"

hum!

The head of the Admiralty was buzzing immediately.

This is his baby!

Especially that battleship!

In this era, battleships are definitely the ships that carry the cauldron!

But now there is no one?

"Secretary of the Navy, what's going on?" The palmist realized that something was wrong, didn't he see the appearance of his dead father?