The USS Upper Eugene in the Atlantic Ocean, accompanied by the destroyer USS Fury, is sailing slowly on the Atlantic Ocean.
There aren't too many risks along the way, but that's not to say there aren't.
When passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, the inquiry from the British warship made the captain of the Fury, Lekski, who was commanding the transportation operation, his heart almost jumped into his throat. Fortunately, in the face of Lekski, he spoke righteously
If so, the British warships that had not discovered anything would have to be allowed to pass.
Near the Spanish waters, these capitalist countries are extremely wary of Soviet ships. This makes Captain Lekski feel a little angry. One day the great Soviet will sweep all these imperialists into the garbage heap. Regarding this, he
Believe it or not.
After entering the Atlantic Ocean, it immediately became much easier. Without the obstruction of the nagging warships of other countries, the two ships, which were attentive, sailed towards their destination, Leningrad, with all their strength.
Yes, the sea route this time is from Valencia through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Atlantic Ocean, then around the UK and into the Baltic Sea, arriving at Leningrad.
It was a helpless move for the Soviet Union to finally choose such a long route. In fact, the shortest route from Spain to the Black Sea is the Mediterranean route (the route chosen in history), but this route is under the threat of Romania. If this route is the shortest
If the stubborn anti-Soviet countries knew that this transportation was gold, they might be intercepted. Therefore, this route cannot be the first choice.
The only option was to take the Atlantic route, and in order to avoid the English Channel, which was the busiest, the Soviet Union deliberately chose to bypass the British Isles and not take the sea route.
Therefore, the destroyer Fury and the freighter Eugene could only make a large circle and return to the Soviet Union.
There is nothing interesting about the monotonous seascape. On the endless sea, the Soviet navy officers and soldiers were talking and laughing, and they were busy with their own affairs.
Until suddenly I heard a squeaking sound coming from the engine. As the most experienced wheel chief, he secretly said that it was an overload of the engine. The speed of the warship also slowed down.
At this time, the phone in the engine room rang. The chief engineer picked up the phone and heard the voice of the chief officer on duty: "What's going on? Why is the ship's power decreasing?"
"We are checking the cause." the chief engineer responded. At this time, other engineers had also gotten up and gathered together.
"What's happening here?"
As the captain, Lekski hurriedly asked, and the first officer immediately replied, "I just called the chief engineer and they are checking it."
After a while, the wheel chief reported that there was no problem with the engine, and it seemed that the propeller was entangled in something.
Later, soldiers were sent down to investigate. The result made Lechsky feel chilled in his heart. The propeller was entangled in a fishing net that came from nowhere.
"What should we do now?"
After hearing the bad news, the first mate asked Captain Leksky about his solution. In fact, he himself knew what to do in this situation. The best way was to send professional ships to help. If there are no professional ships
To help, the only way is to send people to dive and remove the fishing nets. But this work will take several days, and they simply cannot afford it.
Captain Lechsky, who heard the first mate's question, thought for a moment and said, "Send a telegram to the cruiser Volga closest to us and ask them to come over immediately. In addition, let the Eugene continue sailing, and the Volga will come to respond.
The number is right in front of their sailing route."
After receiving the order from Captain Leksky, the first officer immediately went to give the order to the Eugene. In fact, Captain Leksky's order was correct, because when he suffered an accident and could no longer sail, he had to protect the target.
You are right to leave immediately. Because there is no use leaving the Eugene here, it will only delay the transportation time.
So after Lekosky gave the order, the Eugene immediately separated from the Fury and sailed along the established route.
Although the Eugene is temporarily out of protection, according to the speed calculation, it will only encounter the Volga by tomorrow afternoon.
But this is when everything goes well. What if everything doesn't go well?
In the sea not far from the Fury, a periscope was stretched out, and every move of the Soviets could be seen clearly. An officer was watching the situation on the sea attentively, judging from the military uniform he was wearing.
This is the uniform of the Romanian Navy.
Since a Romanian submarine has appeared here, the accident encountered by the Fury cannot be an accident, and it is indeed the case.
The officer put away the periscope and ordered the radio operator, "Send the radio and tell them that the Eugene is currently sailing alone."
Yes, this time the destroyer Fury was entangled in the propeller by a fishing net, it was the Romanian submarine force. For this operation, Romania sent more than 20 submarines alone, not counting other warships. In fact, this is very simple.
, as long as fishing nets are placed on the Soviet waterway in advance, satisfactory results can be achieved. Of course, this time the Fury was entangled in the propeller, it was not the first trap set by the Romanian submarine force. In fact, the Fury and Eugene had already missed it.
There were several traps, but he didn't step into any of them.
This time the Fury was entangled in a fishing net, which was excellent news for this operation. Because the Eugene lacked protection, the chance of failure of this operation was greatly reduced.
Of course, there are several possibilities for this operation. The Eugene is entangled, both are entangled, and the traps fail. No matter which one it is, this time the Soviet Union wants to seize Spanish gold.
Shipping it back to the country is impossible.
It can be seen from here that as World War II approached, Romania became more and more unscrupulous in its style of doing things.
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On the Atlantic Ocean, a fleet was sailing through the wind and waves.
If someone who knows something about the navy comes to see it, he will be very surprised. This is because the country to which this fleet belongs is in the Black Sea. How come its warships have come to the Atlantic Ocean, and this is an extremely powerful battleship.
Yes, this fleet is the task force commanded by Major General Midrafael. This time it came to the Atlantic Ocean to make it the last resort for this operation.
As the commander, Major General Midrafael looked at the telegram he had just received from the staff and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Because the last resort would probably not be used, which was good news for him.
"The submarine force has left its escort behind. Next, we need to see whether the action team can control the ship."
Major General Midrafael looked at the sea view outside the window and fell into deep thought.
