A new day has begun again, and busy maritime shipping has also begun. Transport ships from the Aegean Sea continue to sail to the island of Cyprus.
There are both single ships and groups of ships on this road. Generally speaking, the single ships are small ships, transport ships of two to three thousand tons. They are recruited from the port by the navy.
Load up the general daily necessities and sail to the island of Cyprus, there are even transport ships of several hundred tons.
Larger ships, such as those of more than 5,000 tons, are generally more formal. They load personnel, ammunition and other military supplies to form a fleet and transport them to the island of Cyprus under the escort of warships.
The main reason why these two situations occur is that Romania does not have enough small warships. Currently, Romania has 21 light cruisers, 41 destroyers, and 69 frigates, torpedo boats, minesweepers and other small warships.
In addition to providing escort for the fleet, these small ships also need to protect waterways and transport fleets, clear mines, lay mines and other tasks. In addition to rotation, the use of small warships in the Romanian Navy is currently the most extreme. In many cases, five ships should be used
The work of a small warship is basically completed by four warships, and in extreme cases, it is completed by three warships.
The reason for this situation is also very simple, that is, the previous shipbuilding work was basically to ensure the construction tasks of large warships. The Navy's research on the last war showed that the construction tasks of large warships during the war
It requires the most time and materials, and the time is too long, while the construction time of small warships is much lower.
Therefore, after the completion of the construction of large warships, the Romanian Navy began to build new light cruisers, destroyers, and frigates. This is especially true in the construction of destroyers. At present, not only the navy's own shipyards are building, but they have better capabilities.
Civilian shipyards are also building small warships. The shipyards have already been paved with these built warships.
Although these are small warships, the shipbuilding time for building a main destroyer is at least 8 months. Currently, these warships are still waiting in the shipyard. It will take at least the second half of the year for them to be launched into service.
Therefore, the captains of Romania's small warships still need to be overloaded for more than half a year before they can get a chance to breathe.
Edward on the Union had no sympathy for the hard work of the small Romanian warships. He even wished that the people on these warships were exhausted. Because this would make his working environment safer.
The USS Union submarine took advantage of the darkness to sneak in last night, and now it is lurking in the waters less than 20 nautical miles away from the island of Cyprus. It is neither close to a heavily guarded port area nor in an extremely vigilant waterway.
In the area before entering the port, the vigilance of ships will be greatly relaxed in this area, and this is also the best hunting area.
If it's so nice here, why do so few subs come here?
The reason is simple. This is also the most dangerous area for submarines. Once discovered, escorts and destroyers, as well as aircraft from the island, will leave the submarines nowhere to hide, so submarines generally do not come here to hunt.
But Captain Edward was very brave and brave (can we say he touched the wrong direction at night) and actually came to this area.
"Captain, when will we launch the attack?"
In the submerged submarine, First Officer Boer asked the captain who had been observing the sea surface with a periscope.
"Why panic? Don't be impatient. We have to be patient."
Edward knew why Bol asked this, because he had passed several ships before but did not launch an attack, which made many officers and soldiers in the submarine feel a little confused.
"We only have one chance, so we can't waste it. We can only wait for the right opportunity. Please ask everyone to be patient, and we will catch the big fish."
After making the explanation, Edward ignored him and continued to observe the situation on the sea surface with the periscope. In addition, he also looked at his watch to calculate the next time to float for air.
The first mate also informed the others of Captain Edward's words, which also eased everyone's mood.
Time passed like this. During this time, they even came up dangerously to take a breath. The rest of the time, they quietly hid under the sea, waiting for opportunities.
After the sun gradually turned westward, everyone gradually became a little impetuous, and this time even Edward was a little impatient. Because it was too dangerous here, and the big fish he was waiting for never appeared. However, scattered boats have seen it a few times.
, these ships gathered their strength and hurried towards the island of Cyprus.
If they were in another place, Edward might attack them, but now he had a bigger goal, to let these ships go first.
Just when he was about to give up the big fish and choose a small fish, a faint column of smoke rising from the distant sky caught his attention.
"Is this the big fish I'm waiting for... Hurry up and show your true face to me... Hurry up, don't be shy... YES"
In Edward's expectation, the smoke column in the distance became larger and larger as time went by, and when he could see the ship, Edward smiled.
What appeared in his periscope was a fleet of ten transport ships, and beside them there were three destroyers acting as escorts.
After Edward finished his observation, he lowered his periscope. Now he needed to prepare an attack plan.
"This is a big meal, I need to get closer slowly."
After saying this, Edward picked up a ruler and pencil and began to calculate. After briefly planning the plan, Edward issued an order.
"We approached the fleet from a position of 30 degrees from the west at a speed of 6 knots."
After receiving Edward's instructions, the first mate immediately announced his operations loudly.
"Speed 6 knots, heading 30 degrees west!"
Following Edel's order, the submarine approached the fleet from the west, while Edward raised the periscope to observe continuously and adjusted the speed and angle.
"Adjust the angle to 35 degrees."
"35 degrees."
"Adjust the angle to 40 degrees."
"40 degree."
"Speed reduced to 4.5 knots."
"Section 4.5."
"parking."
"..."
With Edward's continuous command, the Union is still 6-7 kilometers away from the fleet. If the fleet does not change its route, they will pass 1,000 meters away from the Union submarine. Edward is here quietly
Wait for them.
"Fill the bow torpedo tubes with water."
"The bow torpedo tubes are filled with water."
Under Edward's order, the submarine's crew immediately began to fill the torpedo tubes on the bow with water. As the crew operated, seawater quickly poured into the torpedo tubes.
The torpedoes can now be launched, but they still need to wait for Edward's order.
The opportunity they were waiting for came quickly, because the fleet had no idea that there were dangerous hunters underwater.
"Adjust the torpedo tubes at an angle of 3 degrees each."
So under Edward's order, the crew operating the torpedo tube immediately adjusted the angle.
"Torpedo No. 1 launched."
"Whoosh." In the sea, a torpedo was immediately ejected from the bow of the submarine United. The torpedo quickly attacked the fleet.
"Launch No. 2."
"Launch No. 3."
"Launch No. 4."
In just 15 seconds, Edward fired all four torpedoes on the bow of the boat.
And he immediately issued an order without waiting for the observation results. "Transfer immediately and move eastward at a speed of 3 knots."
That's right, Edward didn't wait for the test results. Now he needed to move immediately. Now that the offense and defense had changed hands, they were about to become prey.
