Just when dozens of ships in the fleet began to speed up to avoid the torpedoes attacking from the front left, a battle alarm also came from the rear left of the fleet. The same eight white tracks appeared neatly on the sea.
The direction of galloping is to the left of the fleet.
At this time, the ships that were avoiding the left side of the fleet became targets. As a last resort, they had to slow down, turn, and find other directions to avoid torpedoes.
Even if the personnel of the British Royal Navy are of high quality, they will inevitably make mistakes in such extreme situations. A cruiser accidentally collided with a destroyer while evading it at high speed, and the cruiser's bow looked like a
The fruit knife was cut directly into the waist of the destroyer, almost cutting the destroyer into two pieces.
Seeing that the destroyer was hopeless, several nearby ships rushed up to rescue the people on board and the people who fell into the water. The remaining destroyers and cruisers rushed towards the place where the torpedoes were launched. With the help of underwater listening devices,
Several British destroyers have discovered the location where the submarine just launched torpedoes.
Under the siege of more than a dozen British destroyers and cruisers with depth charges, a federal submarine was finally damaged. Just as it was forced to surface, the injured submarine pointed its bow at the ship that was passing in front of it.
The two British destroyers fired four torpedoes from their bows directly.
Seeing that the injured and resurfaced Federal submarine was about to explode and injure people, the British battle patrol in the distance finally couldn't bear it anymore. Four 13-inch main gun shells directly bombarded the Federal submarine with the hull number E-019.
, and after the explosion, the federal submarine, which had been blown into pieces by the large-caliber armor-piercing bomb, disappeared directly on the sea, leaving only a large area of burning oil and some floating debris.
Although it was directly sunk, the four torpedoes launched by the submarine still hit the target. Because the distance was too close and the torpedo speed was too fast, a British destroyer was unable to avoid it, and a torpedo was hit on the rear of the hull.
It hit, and half of the stern was blown off, causing a boiler explosion. A few minutes later, the ship sank with its bow towering high.
Facing such a fierce federal submarine, Count David Beatty was at his wits' end. Judging from the injured submarine that surfaced just now, such a huge federal submarine was completely different from the German submarines David Beattie knew.
The displacement of this kind of submarine is roughly estimated by the earl. It is almost more than 1,000 tons or even higher. And judging from the interval between launching torpedoes, it is less than ten minutes. David Betty cannot imagine that if such a huge submarine can carry enough
As for torpedoes. If you launch very powerful torpedoes at your own fleet at such a short interval, you don’t need many. If you have a few, your own fleet will never even think about leaving.
Thinking of this, Earl David Betty suddenly shuddered, don't even think about leaving!!!???
"Asshole..." David Betty suddenly cursed, and at the same time he slapped the table with his right hand, but he forgot that one of his legs and right arm were fractured and were now simply wrapped with a bandage.
The excessive force involved the injured area, which caused him so much pain that he gritted his teeth and sucked in the cold air.
"Order the fleet not to pay attention to the torpedo attack. Let's all move in formation and catch up with the fleet if we fall behind." Earl Betty did not care about the pain in his injured arm, but shouted loudly at the herald, and struggled
He stood up holding on to the table, climbed on the chart on the table, and used a protractor to calculate on the chart.
A series of torpedo attacks and sudden orders plunged the British battle patrol detachment into chaos. The destroyers and cruisers were busy making way for the three battle cruisers, and they had to look left and right to pay attention to any signs of activity on the sea to avoid being suddenly caught.
Appearance of torpedo hit.
Seeing that the British fleet on the surface was about to run away, the three federal submarines underwater were also extremely anxious. In order to hold back the British fleet, these four "Orca-class" submarines performing surveillance missions have begun to communicate with surface ships.
They are desperate and have lost one ship. What else can be done now to prevent the British fleet from accelerating its escape?
Launching torpedoes is of little use and extremely dangerous. Facing high-speed surface ships and simple anti-submarine equipment, submarines cannot get close enough to launch torpedoes, and the launch distance is too far to achieve the effect.
If torpedoes are not launched, once these high-speed ships start running, these submarines will not be able to keep up, and will soon be thrown away, losing their coordinates and position. The incoming attack aircraft will not be able to find these British fleets.
Who knows where they might go?
Just before this, two naval reconnaissance planes also returned to the mothership. Judging from the time, they would still delay the British for at least an hour.
Just when the submarine commanders were at a loss what to do, the sonar soldier of the e-020 submarine suddenly called out to his captain, and took off the headphones on his head to let the captain listen.
The captain of e-020 doubtfully took the earphones and put them on his head. He only listened for a few seconds and then had a surprised expression on his face:
"What is 021 doing?"
"They... seem to be accelerating. They have turned on all the motors and have reached the highest speed. They are rushing towards the middle of the British fleet. A destroyer has already spotted them." The sonar soldier took the earphone and listened to the underwater sound.
The echo returned by the sonar explained what happened to the people in the submarine control room.
"Steady, direction 012, are you sure that is the first battle cruiser?" Under the sea, in the e-021 submarine of the 3rd Submarine Group of the Federal Navy, a man with a shaved head and a full beard was dressed in khaki.
A man in a short-sleeved submarine uniform was standing at the door of the sonar room. He put an earphone on his right ear and asked the sonar soldier who was listening attentively from another earphone.
"I'm sure... it's speeding up, and we can catch up with... the captain..." The short-haired sonar soldier replied in a low voice without even raising his head.
"That's good. If you want to run away, grandma, as long as my little William is here, the British can't even think about leaving here. Chief engineer, tell your brothers, there's no need to save money. We can't go home either. Can
Drive as fast as you want." The captain put down his headphones, walked to the middle of the control room, held the anti-collision handrail above his head, and said to a stout man next to him.
"I've already told them, now it's the fastest speed." The stout man held a wine bottle in his hand. After speaking, he raised his head and took a sip, then passed the bottle to another person in the command room.
one person.
"I'm sorry, everyone, although part of it is to relieve hatred, but part of it is for the country. These British guys can't let them run away, otherwise, they will use these ships to continue to harass us. This time, we must
They maimed and killed our children and home
Only talented people will have a way to survive. They cannot be torn apart and occupied by them like my parents' country." The captain of e-021 raised his head. Although his beard was also black, his eyes were green.
There are also some gray stripes in the middle, which is very beautiful.
The captain's name is William Lee. He is a mixed-race man. His mother is Chinese and his father is German. He was once a construction engineer hired by the federal government and became a federal citizen. During World War I, his father
He left their mother and son behind and returned to Germany, where his parents and a sister lived. His father planned to bring his family to the United Kingdom. However, during an air raid at the end of 1917, his grandfather, grandmother, father, aunt and 2
A cousin was killed by a British Air Force bomber.
After the news spread back to the Federation, his mother, a middle school English teacher, was also mentally shocked and committed suicide by lying on a train.
At that time, William was serving on a submarine. After getting the news, the Navy Department notified William and allowed him to go home to take care of his mother and father's funeral. However, William, who had a stubborn personality, did not go home. He only asked the Navy Department's
The official helped him arrange the burial of his mother, and then he continued to serve and never returned to his home in Annan Province.
In this battle, as the captain of submarine No. e-021, he was assigned to the submarine detachment monitoring the British support fleet. After the plane bombing, the submarine that launched a torpedo and sank the flagship of the British support fleet was the e021 he commanded.
