Chapter 557 Wolf's Den
The cold moonlight was cast on the sea surface, and was ashamed of the undulating waves. Looking around, there seemed to be an indescribable weirdness on the sea surface, as if some sirens would jump out from under the sea surface at any time.
Indeed, not long after, a dark and slender object suddenly appeared on this strange sea surface, rising upwards and moving northwest, as if the sirens were really stretching out their tentacles.
Actually, this is not a siren. This is just a submarine, but coincidentally, the name of this submarine is "Sea Wolf One". Of course, there is no wolf in the sea. This name itself has a bit of demonic energy.
Like several other Chinese active submarines, "Seawolf One" is also manufactured by a German shipyard. The "Seawolf One" has a surface displacement of 350 tons. It is a small near-shore submarine with only two torpedo tubes. And they are all arranged on the boat. If compared with the world's advanced level, it is not as advanced, but now it is indeed the most advanced modern heavy weapon of the Chinese Navy.
The captain of "Sea Wolf One" was Major Zhang Guangyang. His experience in the navy was complicated. He was originally an ordinary mechanic at the China Merchants Bank of China. After the outbreak of the "Wushen Revolution", he joined the revolutionary army and was later sent to the navy to serve. He first served in Huang Zhongchi's Second Navy Squadron and became the commander of the pilot. Soon after, he was transferred to the first Navy Squadron and acted as the adjutant of the fleet commander Cheng Biguang. He worked in the position of adjutant for a short time. The commander-in-chief ordered the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander of the commander and the commander-in-chief ordered the commander and the commander-in-chief.
The promotion level was quite enviable. After nearly half a year of internship on the Feihong, Zhang Guangyang spent all his energy on learning German and German. After that, with the direct intervention of the Commander-Shigang, Zhang Guangyang and a group of young officers with similar service experiences were transferred to Hangzhou. Then, a small-scale submarine experimental unit was formed.
At the beginning, Zhang Guangyang and the Chinese captains were both adjutants for the German captains, and the sailors on the submarine were also mixed with China and Germany. This hand-in-hand method of helping and leading the Chinese Navy had the first batch of qualified submarine combat commanders in a very short period of time.
It was an unforgettable day. Zhang Guangyang and his comrades had to intern on submarines while furthering their studies in German training classes. At the beginning of the network, there were about 200 naval officers internships, but by the end of the internship period, there were only less than 50 people left. The elimination rate was astonishingly high. However, Zhang Guangyang finally gritted his teeth and persevered because he firmly believed that for a weak naval country like China, if you want to defend the seas of the motherland, you must win by surprise. Submarines seem to be a good choice, much better than being a cruiser captain. If it is "elusive", there is really no other weapon that can match a submarine. This is the main reason why Zhang Guangyang chose to be a submarine commander.
Of course, there is another secondary reason why Zhang Guangyang chose to be a submarine commander, that is, he likes to deal with machines, and the internal space of the submarine is limited, so he can basically regard it as a large submarine machine. To put it bluntly, the captain of the submarine is actually the foreman of a group of mechanics. Zhang Guangyang admires this job very much. Compared with the warships like cruisers that often carry one or two hundred people, Zhang Guangyang prefers a small group like submarines, "his Sea Wolf One" now has only 29 crew members in total. This has to be included in the intern officers. It is not a problem to command such a few people. Don't worry about this uneven problem. Whoever is disobedient will be obedient when you step up.
Now, Zhang Guangyang is standing in the command cabin of "Sea Wolf One", holding the periscope, and directing the small submarine to float. "Sea Wolf One" is a little different from several other German submarines. This submarine was just received from a German shipyard half a year ago. From the early blueprint stage of construction, Chinese shipbuilding technicians have participated in it, and food and accommodation are all in the German shipyard. Moreover, this submarine is basically manufactured in accordance with the requirements of the Chinese side. One fifth of the shipbuilders who welded this submarine are senior technicians sent by China. It can be said that this submarine has half of Chinese descent. Zhang Guangyang is very satisfied with being able to command this submarine.
Now is the critical stage for submarines to float, and Zhang Guangyang dare not be careless. After all, it is floating at night. If you hit a surface ship during the floatation process, it will be a big disaster. China now has only a few submarines. Losing one is a huge loss. Even if you don’t die by chance, you will have to go to the military court.
The light in the submarine was dim. Just by lighting a few red light bulbs, Zhang Guangyang focused his attention in the periscope's eyeglasses. He quickly turned 360 degrees with the periscope in place. Fortunately, there was some moonlight on the sea surface and no suspicious water surface object was seen around. So Zhang Guangyang gave the final order for the upward stage.
"No. 1 and No. 2 water cabinets are fully drained! All crew members should pay attention that the submarine is about to float!"
As soon as Zhang Guangyang finished speaking, the submarine immediately became quieter. Everyone listened to any sound from the hard hull. The commanders of each cabin also checked the watertight door for the last time. Then everyone heard the "bang" sound from the hull, which was the sound of the waves hitting the hull, indicating that the submarine had surfaced.
Zhang Guangyang put away the handle of the periscope, put his head on the naval cap and then recited the craft inside the meter to the next life.
"All crew members should pay attention. Open the watertight door, pay attention to the situation of each god, and report it at any time!"
An intern officer was the first to climb up the boarding ladder, opened the hatch door on the command tower, and pushed it up hard, lifting it up to one side, and a fresh air immediately poured in, diluting the air in the filthy boat a little.
Zhang Guangyang climbed out of the submarine the second step along the boarding ladder, stood on the top of the command tower enclosure, raised the binoculars handed over by the intern officer, and looked out to the sea.
"Captain, there." Officer Shimo shouted beside Zhang Guangyang.
Zhang Guangyang looked northwest according to the intern officer's instructions and saw a bright searchlight column sweeping around the sea a few nautical miles away. At this moment, a sailor was carrying a telephone to board the command tower enclosure and connected the internal telephone.
"I am the captain, and now I order to start the diesel engine, go to the fifteenth quarter, heading,.
Under Zhang Guangyang's command, the "Sea Wolf One" submarine gradually increased and sailed northwest. At the same time, with the assistance of the intern officer, Zhang Guangyang carefully studied the chart with a small red light bulb, while the sailor used a signal light in his hand to keep signaling to the northwest.
A few minutes later, the light column of the searchlight several nautical miles away moved southeastward, pointing directly to the location of "Sea Wolf One". Then, the searchlight went out, but soon, the sea surface suddenly became brighter. Under the reflection of the mast light, a huge warship showed its rough outline.
It was the German naval battleship Hessen. It was sailing at a low five-quarters under the escort of several light warships. However, after the submarine was launched, the Hessen further reduced the degree and lowered a traffic boat. When the traffic boat started its motive on the sea and sailed towards the submarine, the Hessen turned the bow and drove high towards Jiaozhou Bay to the south under the escort of those light warships.
A small searchlight was mounted on the traffic boat, which was always shining on "Sea Wolf One". At this time, a small searchlight was mounted on the command tower enclosure. It also shone towards the traffic boat. The light columns of the two searchlights intersected in the night. This scene made Zhang Guangyang a little traversed, but he quickly calmed down and focused on the submarine to continue sailing northwest.
The traffic boat sailed very quickly. After more than ten minutes, it was with the "Sea Wolf One". Both ships closed the motives and threw cables at each other, bringing the two ships with completely different purposes together.
Zhang Guangyang commanded the sailors to build a springboard and put it on the traffic boat. He stood beside the springboard and looked at the traffic boat.
A few people came over the traffic boat, for the person Lu Ping, director of the Navy Department of the Joint Staff of the Navy. The people following him were also officers, only one of them was a German naval officer, and the others were Chinese naval officers.
"Thank you for your hard work. Major."
Lu Ping got on the submarine deck and saluted Zhang Guangyang first. Zhang Guangyang hurriedly stood attentively to salute.
"You are kind to me, sir.
"Seawolf One. It has been ordered to arrive at the designated waters on time. Please order the submarine to allow the submarine to enter the cave!"
"Agree with the request. Now, the submarine is temporarily commanded by this German major, and you are his deputy
"yes!"
The two of them didn't go too far. They got to the point directly, and then Zhang Guangyang reluctantly handed over the command of the submarine to the German Navy Major Rudolph.
"Hello, Zhang, we're meeting again. I didn't expect that your military rank is already a major."
The German naval officer walked over and looked at Zhang Guangyang's military rank. Although he had no expression on his face, he could understand his jealousy. After all, Zhang Guangyang was only in his twenties and was already a major. Compared with the German team, the Chinese team now does not pay much attention to seniority.
"Hello, Mr. Maternity School. Last time we parted, we haven't seen each other for almost a year. I've been back in China for you."
Zhang Guangyang was not so restrained. Although the other party was his instructor, in his opinion, the command level of this German submarine commander was very average, but he was a teacher and student, and this salute was indispensable.
"China is a good place. You have a very good national. If it weren't for his importance to submarines, I might have returned to China long ago. In the past year, I have been in Qingdao, busy preparing a comfortable nest for your submarines. Zhang, your submarine is called "Sea Wolf". Then, you can treat that comfortable nest as a wolf nest or a wolf nest.
The German nodded with satisfaction, then boarded the command tower enclosure and took over the submarine.
Although Zhang Guangyang knew German, the sailors did not understand it. Therefore, he had to stand beside Major Rudolph and act as a fenze. As for the fenze brought by Lu Ping, the fenze was left aside.
"Now, I order. Unlock the cables and get out of the traffic boat! The submarine sails high, and goes up to fifteen festivals, and heads. Destination: Nameless Bay."
Chapter completed!