Chapter 559

Where is the water colder than in the North Atlantic? The answer is the Arctic Ocean. There's colder water, there's worse sea conditions, and any equipment that comes here seems to be frozen into ice. This is a sea of ice and a cold world.

Leaning against the mast and the retracted periscope, prion watched the cold sea and smoked quietly. Although it's may, the water near the Arctic is still warm. He didn't want to die in this kind of environment. He missed the North Atlantic which made him a myth.

From time to time, large pieces of ice floes float across the water, and even huge icebergs can be seen moving little by little with the current. Puli's assistants were watching the situation with binoculars. Two sailors in windbreaker stood beside the 88mm cannon installed in front of the submarine, talking quietly.

When the Atlantic Ocean is no longer full of freighters going to Britain, when the invincible British Imperial Navy is no longer easy to challenge the German Navy in Canada, many German submarines begin to do nothing. They have no way to sink hundreds of tons of British transport ships, and they can't risk challenging the British convoy.

As a result, the old days of drinking and eating meat became cramped, and the submarine officers and men's originally dark life became more dark. Wandering in the Atlantic Ocean for ten days, you can't find a target. The route between Iceland and Canada is full of patrol anti submarine ships and planes. It's not a good hunting ground. After the German submarine forces buried five submarines and hundreds of submarine officers and men there, they can only use this conclusion to comfort those heroes lying on the bottom of the sea.

The route between Canada and Iceland is too dangerous. Most of the area is within the range of the subgrade plane. There are many long-range patrol planes in the United States, which are frequently deployed, almost covering the sky. Germany's high seas fleet went south because they didn't want to compete with their rivals' sub base fighters, and Germany's submarine forces also cut down the task of blockade of Iceland.

After all, hundreds of ocean going submarines are war resources and lethal weapons. After summing up his combat experience, Donitz immediately sent out his own wolf troops. This time, instead of hunting in Iceland, he went to the Soviet waters to hunt and kill the Soviet fleet that threatened Norway's coast.

Prynne still remembers what he said to him when Donitz ordered him to go to the North Sea ten days ago: "Prynne, there is no way to continue the battle in the Atlantic Ocean. We waste personnel, equipment and valuable diesel fuel. We can't just complete a small amount of harassment tasks. It's not worthwhile."

"So I now order you to go to the Arctic war zone and attack Soviet ships based in Norway. That's the paradise for submarine warfare. When you get there, you will continue to be brilliant in the North Atlantic. "

The main fleet of the Soviet Union, led by four Soviet class battleships, 17 cruisers and 53 destroyers, is indeed an attractive piece of fat, which many German submarine captains want to bite. And here is indeed a new hunting ground, full of backwardness and primitive that can be developed.

Groups of Soviet transport ships did not have any anti submarine experience. They kept sending materials from the United States to the western front along their own routes. A lot of ammunition and medicine, ships of soldiers and their weapons, and even aid trucks and motorcycles.

When there are only sheep on the grassland, it's really an intoxicating and peaceful picture, but one day a group of hungry wolves broke into the picture, and the painting style immediately changed from idyllic landscape to hell blood sea.

After German submarines sank more than 300 Soviet transport ships of various types near the long northern coastline of the Soviet Union, these Soviet ships finally learned how to be human. They no longer dare to get close to the northwest waters of the Soviet Union, and most ships unload their cargo on the way back to the safer Far East.

Prion has sunk 20 transport ships of various types here. The large ships are about 2000 tons, and the small ones may be only 300 tons. He dashed like a pirate and sank the boat with an 88mm cannon, saving torpedoes to deal with the ship.

In order to achieve as much success as possible, submarines will rob some specific targets in most cases. It's a dangerous activity because you can't tell if it's an armed anti submarine ship disguised as a transport ship. The only difference between the two is whether the ship is temporarily equipped with two large caliber guns.

The technology in the UK is more advanced. Some large transport ships with more than 8000 tons have been equipped with catapults, on which planes that can drop depth bombs have been installed. When the submarine attacked, they ejected the plane and drove the submarine away. The loss of a crashed aircraft is negligible compared with the loss of a large transport ship.

Of course, the Soviet side of the transport ship simply did not have time to add artillery to counterattack, so the commander of the German submarine more unscrupulous. After all, good days are calculated by pinching fingers. After the best days, they will be met by opponents who have learned countless times.

So scenes that were common in the Atlantic six months ago, but now have disappeared, appear in the Soviet coastal waters. The submarine suddenly burst out of the sea from the side of the Soviet ship, then pointed at the other side with the black muzzle, and ordered the opponent to lay down his arms with the horn. Then the German sailors with guns rushed to the other side's class A and robbed all kinds of food.

U-171 robbed a grain ship and called three other wolves nearby to share their spoils. Because of this robbery, they stayed at sea for another 14 days and got more sinking records. The u-92 submarine was the biggest beneficiary of the robbery. The captain of the submarine was named Gerar. He didn't even know that he could become a real rich man overnight. He captured a Soviet transport ship, which was originally going to Canada, which was one of the important links for the Soviet Union to introduce British technical cooperation. Well, to be honest, there are 200 tons of gold and 50 million worth of precious metals in this Soviet transport ship. The German even found the training plan and personnel list of both sides during the period of Soviet German cooperation. The submarine returned home with booty and caused a sensation when it arrived in Norway. Then they went to Port William and were received by the head of the Empire, akkado, and Admiral Ryder. They generously promised to distribute 20 tons of gold to the officers and men on the u-92 submarine, and the remaining 20 tons of gold as a reward to all the submarine units. Of course, all this has now become a thing of the past, and the Arctic Ocean is now in danger. The Soviets sent out all the navies they could find to deal with the German submarine crisis. They escorted their transport ships and laid mines in some sea areas to interfere with the actions of German submarines. Now even the ace commander of submarine operations, prien, dare not risk plundering the Soviet merchant ships and transport ships, because just a week ago, the joyful German submarine forces lost a submarine in vain. The German submarine emerged to rob a "transport ship" which looked very shabby. As a result, it was an "armed cruiser" refitted before World War I. although it had only four 152 mm old guns, it was more than enough to deal with the 88 mm guns on a submarine. So the German submarine was sunk, and 40 surviving sailors were sent to the Siberian reform through labor camp. Prion thought of this, holding a cigarette between his fingers, and spitting out a thick puff of smoke. He didn't know whether it was the steam or the smoke of the cigarette. In fact, the conditions here are worse than those in the days when the British mainland was blockaded. Without aircraft detection to provide the general location of the target, the wolves can only rely on their own continuous walking. Moreover, more transport ships of the Soviet Union are small boats of more than 1000 tons to 2000 tons. Naturally, there is no pleasure in sinking 5000 tons or even 6000 tons of huge ships by two torpedoes. Sometimes German submarines have to give up some of their targets because they are too small to waste torpedoes“ Captain! Port position, there seems to be a target! " The chief officer put down the high power naval telescope and gently reminded prion to find the target. Prion immediately put the cigarette back in his mouth, grabbed the telescope on his chest, and looked to the far side of the submarine. There is a big ship there. It looks really big“ Prepare for battle! Check the valve and the door torsion bar, start diving! " Prion put down the telescope in his hand and immediately gave the battle order. The sailor in class a quickly opened the door under his feet and got inside the submarine. When they closed their cabin door and tightened the closing torsion bar, the waves had come up and the whole submarine had sunk into the sea“ Big guy! It looks like a warship. " The chief officer opened the cabin door at his feet. About a minute later, the bridge where they were was was about to dive into the sea. They had to return to the boat as soon as possible“ Indeed, it should be a cruiser. " Prion nodded. In fact, he thought the other side should be bigger, maybe a battleship. In a short time, most of the body of the German submarine had disappeared on the sea. Soon the submarine sank into the water, and prion used a periscope to confirm the direction of the target again. The warship didn't change its course. It was really coming towards their position. It seems that the opponent hasn't found a German submarine here. As for why it hasn't been found, only God knows.