Drifting mines and midget submarines

  "Thinking about it won't hurt anything," Yang Shuo Ming smiled slightly, "Besides, this day may actually come."

  "What's going on in that head of yours again?" Shi Xuanhou asked, having picked up on the underlying meaning in Yang Shuo's words.

  Yang Shuo Ming smiled and nodded, "Actually, we should thank you two for the reminder."

  During this brief conversation, based on the questions raised by Yang Shuo Ming and the comprehensive answers of Shi Lin, "Super Computer Eye" has already given the best answer and related design scheme.

  "The method of releasing the water bomb that Sui Bo just proposed, I have an improved plan here." Yang Shuo Ming said, walking over to the table and sitting down, taking a white paper and a pencil, quickly drawing on the paper.

  Shi Xuanhou and Lin Yurou came to Yang Shuo's side, watching as Yang Shuo drew a picture. They saw that his hand was moving swiftly, and soon a precise diagram of the water mine structure appeared on the paper.

  Yang Shuo Ming surprisingly drew the circular water mine cross-sectional view so finely and accurately without using a compass, straightedge or other tools that Shi Xuan Hou and Lin Yu Qian were both shocked with their mouths agape.

  "This is a drifting mine I designed, which can drift with the ocean current to the enemy's anchorage and sink their ships. This is the trigger fuse, and this is an automatic net cutter specifically for dealing with anti-submarine nets," Yang Shaoming quickly finished drawing the diagram and explained to Shi Lin and the others, "First, use airplanes to scout out the location of the enemy ships, then release multiple drifting mines along the current, and you can sink or damage the enemy ships."

  "This plan is feasible." Shi Xuanhou and Lin Yurou carefully looked at the blueprint, nodding in unison.

  "As for the submarine, although it's technically more difficult, we can still give it a try." Yang Shuoming took another piece of paper and started drawing again. Soon, a design diagram of a small submarine appeared on the paper.

  "This small submarine has a simple structure, too small to launch torpedoes, but it can sneak up on enemy ships and place timed bombs under their hulls, sinking them in one go." Yang Shuo Ming looked at Shi Lin and said, "Actually, the earliest submarines were all small ones. Not everything is better when bigger. Attacking fleets anchored in ports, small submarines are more suitable than large ones. And now the Japanese think they're invincible, believing their navy has the strongest fleet in Asia. They've defeated the Germans, taken Qingdao, and don't even consider our Chinese Navy worthy of attention, let alone notice these sneaky tactics. But for us, this is a great opportunity to defeat them."

  After hearing Yang Shuo Ming's words, Shi Xuan Hou and Lin Yu Qian exchanged a glance, both reading the unbelievable expression in each other's eyes.

  "This is indeed a formidable plan," Shi Xuanhou gazed intently at the two diagrams in front of him, "It's one of the rare tactics to retreat from the enemy, and the technical difficulty of implementation isn't great."

  "We can finally build a ship!" Lin Yuqin's eyes also flashed with excitement.

  "Aren't you uninterested in things that run underwater?" Shi Xuanhou asked with a hint of amusement, looking at Lin Yuqian who seemed to have been drained of energy.

  "This is one time, that is another time, you silly fool won't understand." Lin Yuqian unwittingly started arguing with Shi Xuanhou, but instead eagerly discussed some technical issues with Yang Shouming. Shi Xuanhou smiled and stopped teasing Lin Yuqian, joining the discussion as well.

  After discussing for almost two hours, Yang Shouming remembered his wife and children as the sky was getting late, so he bid farewell to Shi Lin. After sending off Yang Shouming, Lin Yujian, who had not yet recovered from the excitement of the discussion, noticed that Shi Xuanhou was still staring at the two drawings in a daze, and couldn't help but pat his shoulder.

  "What's wrong with you? What are you thinking?" Lin Yuqin asked.

  "Don't you think it's strange?" Shi Xuanhou furrowed his brow and asked.

  "What's wrong?" Lin Yuqin looked at Shi Xuanhou's face as heavy as a coffin and asked.

  "Look at this submarine blueprint he drew, it's not a rough sketch, all the details are drawn out," Shi Xuanhou said, pointing to the drawing. "See here, the straight lines and curves, even the dashed lines and proportions are accurate to the millimeter. Even someone with our experience in drafting couldn't draw something this good in such a short amount of time, let alone without using any tools."

  "Yes." Lin Yuqin nodded, "And look at the blueprint of this water bomb, such a brilliant design, how did he come up with it?"

  At this time, Lin Yujian and Shi Xuanhou could not have imagined that Yang Shuo's designs were entirely from his "eyes".

  "Do you think he's doing all this just to beat the Japanese in Qingdao?" Shi Xuanhou asked, "Or is it simply a desire to develop new weapons and test new tactics?"

  "I think he really wants to take action against the Japanese in Qingdao." Lin Yujian smiled wryly and said, "It's just that I can't figure out how he's going to go to Qingdao to fight the Japanese."

  "Can he really go and fight? Is it enough just with the few men he has now?" Shi Xuanhou shook his head, "Besides, since Beijing's Yuan Datou hasn't given any orders, how can he take action himself? Isn't he afraid of stirring up more trouble and ending up losing his official position and his head?"

  "Let's not worry about that for now, let's first get what he wants and then talk! Otherwise, even the best plan is useless." Lin Yujian couldn't help but start getting excited as soon as she thought of building a submarine. "Do you know, Suibo? China's first truly combat-capable submarine will be created by our own hands!"

  "I would rather have China's first battleship or battlecruiser come from my own hands." Shi Xuanhou said with a smile.

  "I have this feeling, as long as I follow Yang Han's lead, today will definitely be a good day." Lin Yuqin said to Shi Xuanhou.

  "I hope so." Shi Xuanhou took a deep breath and refocused his gaze on the blueprint in front of him.

  Beijing, Tiananmen Square.

  "The Japanese have not only occupied Qingdao, but now they also want to occupy the entire Shandong province! The country is in imminent danger, and yet you are just watching with your eyes wide open. Must the Japanese attack before you wake up?"

  "A country is a nation, with the nation in front and the home behind! Can there be a home without a nation? If the skin does not exist, where can the hair attach?"

  "Even if you don't plan to make a contribution to the country, you all have loved ones! You all have brothers and sisters! If you don't go fight, it's equivalent to handing over your parents, relatives, and siblings to the enemy for slaughter!"

  "Raising soldiers for a thousand days, using them in one moment! The country is now on the verge of destruction! If you don't go to battle, what use are you?"

  Vice Minister of the Army Xu Shuzheng, dressed in casual clothes, sat in his car and listened to the passionate speeches from the procession of petitioning students, feeling particularly unwell.

  Xu Shuzheng looked out of the car window, at this time facing the students who were making speeches, the military police who came to stop the students from marching and petitioning all stopped in their tracks. They unanimously lowered the bayonets on their rifles, as if they were afraid of hurting the crowded students. Xu Shuzheng noticed that some older military police were persuading the students to disperse with kind words, while some younger soldiers had been moved to tears by the students' words.

  Witnessing this touching scene, Xu Shuzheng let out a deep sigh and turned his head away.

  As for Japan's occupation of Qingdao and the Jiaozhou-Jinan Railway, as a Chinese person, he felt equally indignant and humiliated, but there was nothing good to think about.

  In order to prevent the Japanese army from using the war against Germany as an excuse for invading China, he, as the deputy chief of staff of the army, took great risks and sent 2,000 rifles with bullets to the German troops stationed in Qingdao who lacked army weapons. He also did not stop the Germans and Austrians in China from gathering in Qingdao.

  And at that time, he could only do so much.

  Less than 10,000 German troops defending Qingdao faced the siege of more than 50,000 British and Japanese allied forces (mainly Japanese) and a naval fleet. Under the circumstances of insufficient weapons and ammunition, they held out for over two months before surrendering, which also gave some return to China's covert support.

  But now that the Japanese have obtained Qingdao, they are not satisfied. Various signs indicate that this time Japan intends to extend its hand over the whole of Shandong Province.

  Qingdao, since being occupied by the Germans, has become a huge pain that stimulates the nation's life and death, and now this pain is even more unbearable due to the stimulation of Japan, which poses an even greater threat to China.

  At this time, the students' loud and piercing cries were like needles piercing through Xu Shuzheng's body, making him restless.

  As a soldier, why wouldn't he want to fight Japan to the death?

  But he knew that neither internal nor external circumstances would allow him to do so.

  In this jungle era where the strong prey on the weak, being a weak country means becoming the target of contention among powerful nations.

  China has been without dignity and status in this jungle world since the moment it lost to Japan in the Sino-Japanese War. After the "Xin Hai Revolution", China's international status plummeted even further. Although nominally not a colony of any country, its actual status is inferior to that of a colony in some respects.

  A country with foreign troops stationed around its capital, a country where most of the financial revenue is used to pay indemnities, what's left when it comes to "sovereignty"?

  What kind of power can such a country have in fighting against one of the world's major powers?

  "Deputy Director, we've arrived at Wuguo Restaurant." The driver said to Xu Shuzheng.

  Xu Shuzheng came to his senses, he nodded, the driver got out of the car and opened the door, Xu Shuzheng got out of the car and quickly entered the restaurant building.

  Under the guidance of the servant, Xu Shuzheng came to a living room. At this time, there were already many people sitting in the living room. Seeing Xu Shuzheng arrive, the people in the living room stood up one after another to greet him.

  "Look at that, even Commander-in-Chief didn't dare to wear his uniform." Someone said with a smile, walking up and extending his hand to Xu Shuzheng.

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