After sufficient acceleration, these 16 torpedo boats have reached their respective maximum speeds, and the clustered sea charge has formed a visual image. The smoke device equipped at their tails constantly sprays white smoke, and the smoke screen area on the sea surface quickly becomes larger and thicker. It is obvious that it is not for the purpose of creating an ornamental effect. The content hidden behind the smoke screen is enough to arouse the appetite of all unknown people. At this time, on the watch ship "Caesar Frederick III", careful people may notice the change in expression of the German Emperor William II. Since the British fleet's limelight in artillery exercises obviously overshadowed the German Navy, he tightened his face and said nothing. At this moment, his brows had been stretched out, and the slightly upturned mouth showed his complacent feeling.

On the smoke-filled sea, the special buzzing sound made people feel that a large group of dangerous wasps were approaching. When this uneasy urgency approached the extreme, a large group of light and small speedboats suddenly rushed out of the smoke screen. The snow-white painting made them look like waves rolling and jumping on the sea. The amazing speed gave them lightning-like figures. In just a few minutes, they caught up with the 16 large torpedo boats pulling smoke in front.

The escort torpedo boats belonging to the joint exercise formation have now set off an interception posture on the sea surface. The obvious gap in body shape and speed makes them look like riflesmen lined up to fight against the wolves. These speedboats that were soaring at speed neither attack nor slow down. They only fine-tuned their courses and quickly bypassed the opponent's interception line under the cover of their torpedo boats to look down from the sea from the air. This is simply a strange picture of waterfall hitting stones!

Conventional torpedoes have no effect on speedboats with draft less than one meter. Escort torpedo boats can only rely on naval guns of various caliber to intercept, but the relative speed of more than 60 knots means that they pass by the high-speed speedboat for a moment. Even if they are equipped with small caliber machine guns, they can only cause very limited damage to the speedboat group. Then they watch these speedboats stab at the main force of their fleet like short blades with cold light. According to the plan of this maritime exercise, which is the exercise script personally approved by German Emperor William II, a multinational joint formation composed of battleships, cruisers and escort ships attack the fleet in the waters of the enemy country, and quickly annihilate the fleet with powerful artillery fire. The enemy country sent a torpedo boat group to launch a counterattack, and the two sides launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle in the offshore area.

Faced with the powerful enemy speedboat group, five German battleships in the fleet opened fire quickly. This time, the 240mm main gun pointed to the target did not roar, but firecrackers mixed with lime powder were fired from the training cannon above the main gun. Flying over a distance of several thousand meters, these firecrackers exploded dozens of meters above the sea. The daylight was sufficient, and the firecrackers did not look as colorful as night. After flashing, they quickly formed a dandelion-shaped gray-white smoke ball, and the range covered by these smoke balls was roughly equivalent to the killing area of ​​live ammunition, which deduced the shelling effect in actual combat.

When the target was in a high-speed motion state, the shooting accuracy of the first two rounds of the battleship fleet was not ideal. Most fireworks fell in front of those speedboats. Fortunately, their main and secondary guns had a fast firing rate. Without round restrictions, subsequent artillery bombardment followed one after another. Some speedboats surrounded by gray-white smoke balls withdrew from the exercise sequence on their own. In order to avoid fleet artillery fire, the speedboat groups gradually opened up, and the full-strength sprint also quickly narrowed the distance between them and the fleet. The officers and soldiers on the deck of the ship were already filled with roars that were completely different from traditional turbines.

On the sea, a speedboat painted with the black "ss-01" mark was the first. In the past world, Xia Shu's dream was to own his own yacht, but his hard work and gains at work were not proportional to his gains. Before traveling to this time and space, there was a period of time that felt like floating in the endless void. He treated it as an opportunity to think about life and quietly understand life. He smoothed his arrogance, took away his childishness, and used his traceless practice to make himself more mature and wise. In the years since he was reborn, he silently planned his life and lay the foundation. Anyone who had contact, whether it was princes, nobles, military and political officials, or servants and guards, would quietly observe the other party's words and deeds. He should please and win over what he should be, the Xia Shu with a clear preference and willful impulsiveness in the past is nowhere to be found in Joachim today.

On the relatively calm sea, the "thunder and lightning" that increased to a high speed jumped unscrupulously on the top of the waves. The splashes stirred from the bow of the boat continued to wash away the tempered glass on the front of the cockpit (the origin of tempered glass can be traced back to the mid-17th century, and the Germans obtained official patents in 1875). Ignoring the fireworks that could fall at any time, Xia Shu calmly looked at the situation ahead: four German cruisers and support from the left side of the battle fleet.

The six large torpedo boats that came formed a close-range defense line, and when necessary, they would block the torpedoes fired towards the battleships; five solid German battleships lined up in a row behind, and their front and rear decks and starboard positions flashed, and smoke rose, showing a very dense defensive firepower; the six foreign warships participating in the exercise stayed on the left side of the German battleship fleet, and used fireworks provided by the German Navy to shoot without any haste.

According to common sense, it is difficult for the torpedo boats that launch a frontal impact to break through such a tight fleet defense, but the "thunderbolt" speedboats led by Xia Shu are unusual. They are the fastest torpedo boats in this era, with unparalleled maritime power. Although they only have a range of more than 50 nautical miles at extreme speed, they are more than enough for cold-arrow offshore penetration!

"Display the lightning protection net!"

In the slow-speed battleship, the officers could be heard on the decks of each ship. In addition to the sailors who fired with training cannons and auxiliary guns, the rest of the combatants came to the side decks, and four or five people quickly untied the ropes that fixed the torpedo nets, and used push rods to place the metal ring nets constructed similar to the chain mail outside the ship's side to resist the terrible attack power of the torpedoes.

Looking from the starboard side of the battleship, the spectacular torpedo boats had crossed the smoke-dense artillery area and could enter the effective range of the torpedo in at most two minutes. If this was a real-life naval battle, all the officers and soldiers of the German battleship would undoubtedly be panicked or even despaired, but as a joint exercise of multiple countries, they were full of expectations for the performance of these high-speed torpedo boats.

In recent years, with the rapid rise of Germany, the competition between Britain and Germany in the fields of industrial resources and overseas trade has increased day by day. The competition related to national interests has also gradually made the soldiers of the two countries compete with each other. Two months ago, Britain and France signed a friendly agreement. Britain recognized Morocco as France's sphere of influence, which directly violated Germany's colonial interests in Morocco, and aroused strong dissatisfaction among all classes of Germany. However, although Germany has world-class army armed forces, the task of protecting overseas colonies is mainly undertaken by the navy. Once the situation deteriorates, it is impossible for this German navy to fight against the British fleet, which also makes German naval officers and soldiers blamed both honor and dignity.

Judging from the scale and production capacity of the shipbuilding industry, even if Germany has built warships across the country, it will take a long time to catch up with the British navy. However, if a new weapon that can subvert the traditional naval combat mode appears, the majesty of the battleships dominating the sea is no longer impeccable, and the navies of various countries will return to the starting line regardless of strength. For Germany, it will be a great opportunity to catch up with their opponents. On the S-01 speedboat, Xia Shu looked at the dense flashing fireworks in front of him with a cold eye. The snapping fireworks tempted the memories deep in his mind, but his strong will firmly suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart. He was always focused on this sea exercise with special significance. Seeing that he had entered the effective control distance of the small-caliber rapid-fire cannon, he turned the steering wheel lightly, and the snow-white speedboat immediately drew a beautiful arc on the sea surface, throwing the dazzling flashes out from the front of his sight.

From 1 to 10, Xia Shu turned the steering wheel and then swung it left and right irregularly, causing the "thunder and lightning" to dance strangely on the sea surface, and the fireworks falling near the speedboat became sparse. After driving forward for more than a mile, Xia Shu saw the target fleet through the porthole on the right. He turned the steering wheel sharply, and the speedboat then made a sharp turn of nearly ninety degrees on the sea surface. The hull was so tilted that it was almost turned sideways. When the hull recovered, the clear outline of the fleet had already appeared in front of it.

Using his keen eye to scan the sea on the right, Xia Shu saw that there were still more than a dozen speedboats attacking the front. They successfully attracted most of the artillery fire in the fleet and created opportunities for the companions at the tail of the fleet. Listening to the sound from the outside, Xia Shu knew that other speedboats of the 1st Squad followed him, and everything was going in an orderly manner as usual training. Seeing that the time had come, he fine-tuned his course and put the "Election Emperor" at the back of the battleship into the simple sight carved in the front window, and waited for close to 200 meters to launch the rubber-headed torpedo for the exercise. With the current sea conditions and target speed, the hit rate can reach more than 60%. Multi-boat combo can basically ensure the attack effect.
Chapter completed!