Chu Zhaoliang was admitted to the 23rd flag driving training class of Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding School in 1890. He graduated in July 1894 and graduated from the 23rd class of Shipbuilding. In the same year, he was an intern gunman in the "Zhiyuan" and participated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1895. Because of his bravery in combat and a calm personality, he was sent by Tang Jian to study at the Royal Naval School of Greene in the UK. The following year, he boarded the cruiser "Fenxibo" and studied. He traveled to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean, and was well aware of the methods of marching and setting up formations.

In 1899, Chu Zhaoliang was in the same period when Liu Gensheng, Zeng Xiangxue, Wang Linjie and Chen Lin returned to China after four years of study abroad. In 1900, Tang Jian was secretly promoted to the commander-in-chief of the "Qianlong" submarine force and captain of the "Qianlong No. 1" submarine, with the rank of colonel, Liu Gensheng, Zeng Xiangxue, Wang Linjie and Chen Lin were also promoted to the rank of colonel, and served as captains of other "Qianlong" class submarines. That year, Chu Zhaoliang was 29 years old.

In August 1900, Chu Zhaoliang was ordered to lead five "Qianlong" class ships from Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau to the north and secretly anchored in Jiaozhou Bay, Shandong. In the same year, he followed the supply ship "Qianlong Mother" to participate in the Tsushima Sea Battle. However, due to Tang Jian's order, the "Qianlong" submarine had never participated in the battle from beginning to end. Except for occasionally floating on the water to replenish supplies, he had been at the bottom of the sea for more than a month.

Just as it was night that night, five submarines just floated on the surface to replenish fresh water food, and then the order issued by Tang Jian came from the radio.

Chu Zhaoliang couldn't help but be happy and quickly ordered the boats to dive quickly. In less than a minute, five "Submarine Dragon"-class submarines penetrated into the black seabed.

When Heihachiro Togo got off the Dragon Hart gangway and boarded his gunboat, he did not notice that on the dark sea not far away, a black cylinder appeared in the waves.

The lookout hand Wang Dabao said excitedly: "Captain, you have seen the gunboat that Togo Heihachiro is riding!"

"Well, where, I'll take a look!" Chu Zhaoliang snatched the observation glass and saw a Japanese gunboat on the sea being ready to start and sail into Sasebo Port.

"Captain, why are you so anxious?" Wang Dabao muttered, "He can't escape!"

"Hmph, you're quite a bit of a tone! Wang Dabao, please give me the highlights of your tricks and follow me closely." Chu Zhaoliang said nervously.

"Okay, look at me!" Wang Dabao replied while patting his chest.

"Li Chun, let me carefully draw the waterway in a while." Chu Zhaoliang said to Li Chun beside him.

Li Chun is the deputy captain of the "Qianlong 1" submarine. He was originally the first mate on the Zhenyuan Management. Because of his rich experience, Tang Jian was arranged by Chu Zhaoliang to assist him.

"Well, okay, Captain Chu." Li Chun replied, concentrating his mind beside Wang Dabao, and began to draw the map based on Wang Dabao's oral description.

The submarines "Qianlong 2" to "Qianlong 5" followed behind "Qianlong 1" under the driving of Liu Gensheng and others.

For concealment, Chu Zhaoliang named five submarines to turn off the diesel engine and switched on to power the battery. Although the speed has dropped a lot, fortunately the gunboat that Hirahachiro Togo was not fast.

This is the first mission of Chu Zhaoliang being appointed as the commander of the submarine dragon submarine force, and it is also the first time that the submarine dragon-class submarine has operated in the offshore sea. Although the submarine dragon-class submarine has undergone countless trials and sea training in more than a year, Tang Jian said that this operation is of great importance. In the battle between China and Japan, victory and defeat are here, so this makes Chu Zhaoliang, who has always been stable, feel a little nervous.

I have been bored at the bottom of the sea for more than a month, and even the most exciting Tsuma Sea Battle submarine troops did not participate. This made many of the submarine officers and soldiers complain, and they all said that the limelight was snatched away by the Beiyang Fleet.

This time, the submarine force participated in the separate operation, which made the officers and soldiers of the entire submarine force excited and shouted that the hero finally had a place to use his skills.

At this time, the submarine officers and soldiers following Hirahara Togo were all ready to go, excited, as if they were injected with chicken blood. They looked at the target on the sea without turning their eyes, fearing Hirahara Togo would suddenly disappear from the sea.

Soon, Togo Hirahachiro's gunboat began to slowly enter the waterway. At the bottom of the sea that Togo Hirahachiro could not see, five huge black shadows followed slowly.

"Damn it, Donggo Hirahachiro is not ordinary cunning. The entire waterway is built like a maze." Chu Zhaoliang cursed at the map slowly drawn in Li Chun's hand.

At the same time, Wang Dabao was also constantly reporting navigation data: "Turn the left rudder at 13 o'clock, move forward 200 meters, turn right rudder at 9 o'clock, and continue turning right rudder at 150 meters at 10 o'clock."

Based on Wang Dabao's data, Li Chun began to slowly draw the waterways covered with mines on the paper according to the scale ratio.

Chu Zhaoliang admired Tang Jian from the bottom of his heart. This time, as Tang Jian said, after the mines in the Sasebo waterway were completely transformed by Hirahachiro Togo, not only was the density of mines in the waterway that were incredible, but at a critical corner, Hirahachiro Togo sank several retired warships as reefs to guard against enemy fleets that were raiding.

As Tang Jian expected, the waterways in Sasebo were colorful and complex. If they attacked for a strong force, the Beiyang Fleet would inevitably not avoid heavy losses. It is obviously unprofitable to hurt the enemy by 1,000 and damage one thousand times.

Fortunately, Tang Jian's clever plan took advantage of the existence and peace talks of Togo Hirahachiro's fantasy, so he tricked Togo Hirahachiro out, and then asked the submarine troops to quietly follow the return of Togo Hirahachiro and draw a picture of the safe navigation of Sasebo's waterway.

"Damn it, this little Japanese mine formation is amazing!" Even Wang Dabao, who had been closely monitoring the movements of the water, exclaimed, "Damn it, the angle of this turn is so tricky. A giant ship like a battleship must be very careful when passing this turn. If you don't pay attention, the little Japanese may blow it up too."

Chu Zhaoliang stretched his head and looked at it. Li Chun handed Chu Zhaoliang the picture of the waterway to show it. Chu Zhaoliang had to admire Japan's boldness.

The last 90-degree turn shown in the picture not only requires the driving captain to have a high driving level, but also have a very strong psychological quality.

At the bend of the waterway, the warship must not only experience the largest rudder full twice, but also have to be controlled with extremely accurate amplitude after full rudder full. Otherwise, if the angle between the bow or stern of the ship is not careful, it will touch the mine next to it.

Chu Zhaoliang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. If the Beiyang Fleet really broke in like this, the losses would definitely be heavy at this 90-degree bend.

"Here, Captain!" Wang Dabao said suddenly.

Chu Zhaoliang walked towards the lookout, and from the periscope that extended out of the water, he could clearly see the warships anchored in the port on the water of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

All warships strictly implemented light control. In addition to the necessary lights, the entire Sasebo port was pitch black. Dozens of warships were anchored quietly by the dock like lurking steel beasts. Only when patrol boats passed by occasionally did they know that this was a heavily guarded military port.

Chu Zhaoliang picked up the radio and asked, "No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5! Call No. 1! Is the established task completed? Completed!"

"No. 2 received! Completed, finished!"

"No. 3 received! Completed, finished!"

"No. 4 received! Completed, finished!"

“Received on the fifth day, completed, completed!

The answers of the captains came from the radio, which made Chu Zhaoliang feel a little calm. Since the gunboat that tracked Hirahachiro Togo entered Sasebo, the Qianlong troops had already divided the labor. No. 1, that is, the "Qianlong No. 1" submarine where Chu Zhaoliang was located, was responsible for following Hirahachiro Togo to draw a waterway navigation map, No. 2 to No. 5, respectively, to observe the firepower division of the shore artillery bunkers on both sides of the straits. Finally, the map and statistical data were sent to the flagship of the Longwei where Tang Jian was located.

"All submarines should pay attention to send the unified result to the Dragon Power, find their own targets, lurk in battle positions, and wait for the attack order of the Dragon Power. In addition, our boat is responsible for the Japanese battleship Asahi! It's over!" Chu Zhaoliang ordered.

"Received, finished!"

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"Haha, hehe..." Li Chun, Wang Dabao and others laughed secretly.

"What? Isn't it good for me to choose the Asahi? That's the only main battleship of the Japanese army. As the commander-in-chief of the submarine, I can't pick up gunboats and bomb, right?" Chu Zhaoliang explained.

"Haha, Captain, we are not laughing at this. We are laughing at that. After returning to Triumph, you will have to spend money! Haven't you heard the dissatisfaction in the tone of the other captains' answers just now? You are obviously using your power for personal gain! They won't blackmail you after they go back." Li Chun teased.

"It seems like this! Haha!" Chu Zhaoliang smiled disgustedly.

ps: The second update today!

Today is the Goddess Day. In the evening, the 14th Jung-in-law invited a few friends to have a drink and went to our own festival. Today, we will have two updates. I wish all my friends who are as sad as me a happy holiday.
Chapter completed!