Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

"It's time." Qiu Shutong looked at the watch on his wrist and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

At this time, it was time for his group of submarines to come up for air. There are still more than 1913 hours until January 1, 1.

They are less than 100 nautical miles away from the Milician Pacific Fleet Base on Oahu.

They had to pass by just in time to launch an attack on the Pacific Fleet in the early morning of January 1, that is, after Daxia officially declared war on America.

Subsequently, Qiu Shutong used lights to give orders to the same batch of 12 submarines that were surfacing for ventilation, and asked them to dive collectively.

After the Q-1 submarine dived to a distance of 20 meters underwater, the engine that had been semi-stopped all day started running again.

The operation of the engine drives the propeller behind the submarine to start rotating.

In order to ensure the surprise of the sneak attack, Wang Hongchang ordered radio silence after the Yinglong fleet set off.

Therefore, not only was Qiu Shutong unable to contact other submarines via radio, he also had no way to contact Wang Hongchang's main fleet.

Not to mention knowing the specific location of Wang Hongchang and the others. Therefore, it was actually very dangerous for Qiu Shutong to order the submarine to wait where it was.

The main reason is that there is no tacit understanding between the submarine and the main fleet.

Whether the main ship arrives at Oahu first and encounters the intact American Pacific Fleet, or whether a single submarine encounters the American Pacific Fleet, it will be very dangerous.

However, when Qiu Shutong took advantage of the last rays of the sun after ten hours of sailing and saw the still peaceful Oahu Naval Base, he knew that he had arrived earlier than Wang Hongchang and the others.

The only worry now is whether the main fleet led by Wang Hongchang can arrive within the negotiated time period.

However, at this time, there was no room for Qiu Shutong to hesitate. He could only choose to believe that Wang Hongchang and the others could arrive at the agreed time.

It is worth mentioning that there is also a good side now, which is beneficial to Qiu Shutong and the others.

由于今天是1912年12月31号的下午6点（夏威夷当地时间）。米利坚的华盛顿那边已经进入到了1913年的1月1日。

It is also the traditional New Year's Day in the West, which is the beginning of a new year.

At this time, whether it is Washington in the east of America or Hawaii, which is more than 3600 kilometers away from the west coast of America, the current American soldiers are preparing to welcome the arrival of the new year. The number of soldiers on duty on warships is the smallest, and most of them are on duty. Some soldiers have already gone on leave.

This is also the reason why Wang Hongchang chose this day.

Since you are planning a sneak attack, you should choose a time when the enemy is least alert.

And New Year's Day is obviously such a good time.

Qiu Shutong and his submarine carefully passed through the outer cordon of Oahu and then surfaced to the depth of the torpedo attack.

"No. [-], pressurize the No. [-] launch tube!" Qiu Shutong gave the order to the gunner in front of the submarine through the microphone beside him.

According to the previous plan, after Qiu Shutong and the others entered the Milijan military port, they automatically locked the main warships of Milijan according to the submarine numbers.

Only in this way can we inflict maximum damage on the American Pacific Fleet in the shortest time, and it will not easily cause excess firepower.

Qiu Shutong's Q-1 submarine is targeting the USS Wyoming, the flagship of the American Pacific Fleet.

这艘战舰是1909年由米利坚国会批准，1910年2月9号开始建造，历经15个月，在1911年5月25日下水的新式战舰。

This is one of America's newest and most powerful battleships, but now, it is just one of Qiu Shutong's goals.

"No. [-] and No. [-] launch tubes have been pressurized!" the gunnery commander reported to Qiu Shutong through the microphone.

"Target, Wyoming, two torpedoes, launch!" Qiu Shutong had already seen the tall body of Wyoming through the periscope, so he immediately ordered the gunnery commander to fire the torpedoes.

"Yes! Two torpedoes!" The gunnery commander repeated Qiu Shutong's order, and then suddenly pressed the torpedo launch button.

Suddenly, a large number of bubbles appeared in front of the submarine. Along with the bubbles, two torpedoes with a caliber of 533 mm and over 7 meters emerged from the front end of the submarine, and then headed towards the battleship USS Wyoming at a speed of more than 40 knots.

When the torpedo floated to less than 30 centimeters underwater, two silver-white waves appeared on the sea.

Some soldiers on the battleship Wyoming who were staying on the battleship suddenly saw two silver-white waves appearing on the side of their battleship.

At first, the soldiers thought it was the waves caused by large fish moving underwater, and didn't pay much attention.

But when they saw the two waves moving faster than they could understand, they realized something was wrong, but by this time it was already too late.

In fact, even if they noticed it from the beginning, the super speed of the torpedo made it impossible for them to avoid it, not to mention that the battleship under their feet was still in a semi-parked state, and they wanted to launch the Wyoming under their feet. , even in a semi-parked state, it takes more than half a day to operate.

Therefore, the soldiers on the battleship Wyoming could only watch the torpedo hit the side of the Wyoming.

"Boom~"

Two violent explosions caused the battleship Wyoming to move three meters to the right, and then the battleship Wyoming began to tilt to the left.

Two 533mm torpedoes directly opened two large holes more than ten meters wide on the port side of the battleship Wyoming.

A large amount of seawater poured into the Wyoming. In just a few minutes, dozens of tons of seawater poured into the cabin of the battleship Wyoming.

When two torpedoes hit the Wyoming, a violent explosion also spread throughout the Oahu Naval Base.

The unknown American naval soldiers looked curiously towards the direction of the explosion.

As a result, they saw a large amount of flames coming out of the battleship Wyoming.

"What happened!" Vice Admiral Charles Frederick Hughes, commander of the Pacific Fleet, rushed out of his office.

But at this time, no one could answer him, because the explosion just frightened everyone.

Except for the soldiers on the Wyoming who knew it was torpedoed at the beginning, only the three battleships around it knew.

But the problem is that in just one or two minutes, what the soldiers on the battleship saw did not have time to reach Charles Frederick Hughes.

However, the torpedoes launched by Qiu Shutong and others were like a signal, announcing the beginning of Daxia's attack on the Milician Pacific Fleet.