Chapter 1118: Sneak Attack on Pontianak

Ocean-class submarines, set off first, they will sneak into the vicinity of Pontianak to monitor British and French warships at close range, perhaps, in Europe, Britain, which has suffered a big loss, has begun to develop a similar sonar system, and even on the basis of the listener, it has gone one step further, and the original sonar is about to be produced, but these things cannot be equipped with the old Asian fleet, not to mention, the ocean-going submarine in the northwest, in the German submarine technology, has gone one step further, replacing the original ordinary steel shell of the submarine with the technology of silencing tiles, It is extremely important to reduce the noise inside and outside the submarine, coupled with the improved propeller of hydrodynamics, not only will make the power of the propeller greater, although the noise can not be compared with the submarine black hole of the later generations, the decibel is about 90 decibels, and the decibel of the ocean background sound, but it is also about 110 decibels, with the sonar accuracy of this era, it is impossible to judge the position of the submarine at all, the sea gives the submarine enough protection, and also makes the submarine better hiding ability.

Yang Yuanzhao is very generous, in order to protect their Black Dragon pirates, he did not hesitate to send 2 groups of strategic bombers, as the commander-in-chief of the future Nanyang Navy, as one of the high-level of the navy, not to mention the relationship with Yang Yuanzhao, Xiao Jianfeng knows that strategic bombers, even in the northwest is a big secret, many ordinary people, even soldiers, just know, there are planes in the northwest, but what kind of planes, it is definitely a secret, now, he actually got it here generously, he is grateful to Yang Yuanzhao for his thoughtfulness, But he won't use them until he has to.

Be careful, not only Pontianak, but also outside Singapore, there are submarines watching. These submarines will not participate in the battle at leisure. But they will be given intelligence support at any time.

This time the operation was no less than a firefight, among more than 100 British and French warships. Choosing to attack Pontianak directly, all the steps must be just right, the margin is too small, he has to choose all kinds of methods, and even under certain circumstances, the seaplane can be released.

The commander of the British East Asian Fleet, Kinher, looked at the warships in the military port, and had a trace of boredom for no reason, and Britain and France responded in time. A large number of warships gathered in Pontianak, which is equivalent to directly giving the Netherlands huge support, now the bombardment of Pontianak has long stopped, the British and French armies are intensively building camps, once the camp construction is completed, reinforcements arrive, they can enter Borneo at any time and sweep away the Chinese forces.

To be honest, Kim Her originally looked down on the Chinese. Since China was opened to Britain in 1840, its identity as a great power has been shattered, and even small countries such as Italy and Greece can bully him. Not to mention the empire on which the sun never sets, but everything began to change from the rise of the northwest, and the whole of China was at a speed unimaginable to the British. It's starting to get different, I thought. The northwest is just a partial, separatist force. But no one thought that he would actually unify China, before they were in Hong Kong, they were afraid that the northwest would cross the strait and attack Hong Kong.

But no matter how prescient people are, they would never have thought that the toss in the northwest is far from over, they not only started the war of reunification at home, but also extended their tentacles to Southeast Asia abroad, Borneo has millions more Chinese, although Britain and France and other powers have no evidence, but they have the ability to send out so many Chinese in a short period of time, only China, I don't know why, they are willing to send millions of Chinese out, the thought of gambling with millions of lives, Kinher's scalp is a little numb, even if it is a brutal leader, I wouldn't do that.

This move made Britain and France very passive, and there was no way to fully support the Dutch initiative, but Britain and France had to come to the forefront.

Pontianak and Singapore were connected by submarine telegraph lines, and Kimhel ordered his correspondent to contact Pontianak every half hour to prevent a sneak attack by the Chinese, and his intuition told him that this was very likely.

On the outskirts of Pontianak, several torpedo boats were patrolling, and more than 10 cruisers were camped in the docks, which were temporarily used as fixed batteries.

The British and French forces are very experienced in warfare, they know that they must build Pontianak into the strongest fortress, in order to be able to gradually solve the affairs of Borneo, slow down, their purpose is not to help the Dutch, to sweep away the Chinese armed forces in the entire Borneo, they are to delay as much time as possible, and strive to wait until the end of the war in Europe, when the time comes, no matter what to do, it will be much easier.

Inside the port of Pontianak, on top of a temporary 40-meter platform, which was built on top of a small hill, it was raised about 10 meters higher, and the lookout can cover the entire port, because the port of Pontianak is straight, and problems can be detected early with the lookout.

Originally, the focus of the lookout was placed in the other direction of Pontianak City, that is, the direction of the land, but I didn't expect to see a few smoke columns with a telescope, could it be that the main fleet is coming, looking at the thickness of the smoke columns, it is almost a battleship close to 10,000 tons, but the number of smoke columns is so small.

In order to ensure safety, Xiao Jianfeng did not choose to sneak attack at night, but prepared to set off during the day, last night, about ten in the morning, arrived near Pontianak, anchored and rested in a safe place, waited for 3 hours, until the sky gradually began to lighten, he chose to attack, this battle, he had to personally command, and even refused Cheng Biguang's follow, and also removed some officers on the three capital ships, only to ensure enough pilots and about half of the gunners, the reason is very simple, If there is any accident and the team has a problem, he will sink into the sea with the team, and as for those who remain, they are the seeds of the future fleet, even if they are lost, they must be kept within a certain range.

Cheng Biguang was very moved by Xiao Jianfeng's persistence, patted his chest and promised that he would definitely help Xiao Jianfeng take care of his home, and by the way, let Xiao Jianfeng come back no matter what.

The results of the submarine reconnaissance showed that all the British and French warships were anchored in Singapore, all the battleships did not have fire, and the few on the outside were light cruisers of no more than 4,000 tons, and these ships had no impact on the three Black Dragon sea ships.

From Singapore to Pontianak, even a fast warship like a destroyer would take four or five hours, and if they chose the most extreme approach, they would have three hours, and once they exceeded three hours, they had to leave, otherwise they would not be able to escape the confines of Borneo at all.

Although the smoke column can't be covered, but all the British and French warships in Pontianak port have not lit fire, although the main ships of the navy have entered the era of oil-fired boilers, and those that can be placed in East Asia are all second-line warships, even more than 10 years ago, or coal-based, if you want to go from a stop state to a start-up state, it will take at least more than an hour to maneuver quickly, this is their opportunity for the Black Dragon.

As the lookout was familiar with every ship of the East Asian Fleet, but if he was not familiar with the other country, he called a French lookout, and both sides confirmed that it was not a ship of the two countries.

"Enemy attack!" The lookout screamed and the alarm was quickly sounded, and the whole of Pontianak was thrown into a tense atmosphere, and the ships anchored in the harbor began to fire urgently, and the artillerymen were trying to prepare for the temporary artillery position.

It's a pity that their reaction speed is still a little slower, when the lookout found the Black Dragon, the Black Dragon was almost 10 nautical miles away, close to 18 kilometers, this is not the attack distance, but the lookout can not judge, and it is impossible to give a signal, until it enters the distance of 7 nautical miles, this is the reaction, 3 nautical miles, for the 15 knots of the Black Dragon, it takes 12 minutes, it is less than ten minutes of reaction time, everything is too late.

5 minutes later, the Black Dragon entered within 6 nautical miles, a distance of 10 kilometers, which was exactly the range of the Black Dragon pirates, and when it was constantly approaching Pontianak, the three ships were fully prepared, and various measurements and shooting calculations had been completed, and with the order of the commander, 6 shells of the main guns, with angry flames, crossed the distance of 6 nautical miles and bombarded the place where the warships were anchored in the harbor.

Although it is said that the hit rate of the test guns is not high, but the dense parking of British and French warships, and Pontianak is a commercial port, there is not enough protection and space, and the first wave of attacks hit 2 rounds, hitting a 3,800-ton cruiser and a 1,300-ton destroyer respectively.

3800 tons of protective cruiser, armor protection saved his life, the protective armor was torn open a hole about ten meters wide, but the shells did not penetrate after all, although a lot of water entered, it did not sink, another 1300 tons of destroyers were miserable, 285 mm guns, or 55 times the caliber, such artillery power, at least not under the 330 guns, how could the thin-skinned destroyer resist, just struggled for 12 minutes, just under more and more water, sat down and sank to the port.

The first battle was won, the gunners were excited, although they did not declare war with Britain and France, their identity is still the Chinese armed forces in Southeast Asia, and they cannot justifiably hang the national flag of New China, but they breathe a sigh of anger in their hearts, in the past nearly a hundred years, how many benefits Britain and France have been exploited in China, how many people have been ruined by them, on the Black Dragon, there are a few, and their families have participated in the Sino-French War, and even the first and second Opium Wars.

The artillery rained down, and the British and French fleets were immediately blinded, and the range of 10,000 meters, even if they were prepared, they might not be able to reach it, not to mention that they were now in a state of parking, and they had a full 7 minutes, they were just beaten, and there was no counterattack, and it was not until seven minutes later that the first cannon was fired by a heavy cruiser. (To be continued.) )

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