Chapter 561

Torpedoes? Yes, torpedo!

Who would have thought that a German submarine would suddenly appear here? Who would have thought that the other side had already launched the torpedo without any awareness? And isn't it said that the submarine won't sneak attack when the speed is high enough? Isn't all this cheating?

Full of doubts, the captain of the Soviet battleship did not even have time to give orders to evade. The first mate, who had participated in the first World War, saw that the situation was not good, and quickly cried out: "left full rudder! Avoid torpedoes! Keep going at full speed! Left full rudder! Come on

Upon hearing this command, the sailors holding the rudder wheel beat the rudder wheel hard to their left side. The whole rudder wheel turned as fast as an electric fan. Their battleship was named the Soviet Union. If it was sunk... Well, even if it was injured, it was not easy to explain to the people above.

At full speed, the effect of turning at full speed is quite obvious, but the speed of the ship is fast, and it can't be faster than the cruising speed of the torpedo. Destroyers can't do this, and the battleship with the weight of tens of thousands of tons is even more impossible.

"Boom!" With a huge explosion, the whole Soviet ship shook violently. It was obvious that the first torpedo had hit the ship. Now everyone was no longer lucky. They could only pray, praying that the warship under their feet could withstand this round of torpedo attack, even if it was seriously injured, but never sink.

The huge explosion tore apart the heavy side armor of the battleship, punctured the bulkhead inside, and twisted the keel structure inside. This is the most powerful crystallization of human chemical industry. With the help of the most violent force of nature, it destroys the strongest and heaviest fortress of human smelting industry at the same time.

This time, it is obvious that the former won. The huge explosion destroyed the structure of several cabins. The sea water is pouring into the ship. The oil has leaked to the surrounding sea surface in a large range. It looks terrible like a bloodstain.

Of course, all this is far from over. There was not only one huge explosion. The second torpedo quickly hit another position of the battleship, which was closer to the rear of the ship, and was also the thickest armored position of the whole battleship. Unfortunately, it's too close to the place just blasted by the torpedo, and the distortion of the internal structure caused by the torpedo just now makes the cabin and the stressed structure nearby vulnerable.

The second explosion almost made everyone despair. The torpedo directly exploded the surrounding cabins into a gap. About a dozen cabins were completely destroyed, and the influx of sea water was faster than before. And this time the explosion has a more lethal effect, the speed of the entire Soviet battleship slowed down!

As a result, the third and fourth torpedoes were not wasted, and they all crashed into the tail propeller of the USSR. This time, it really killed the Soviet Union. Not only the two huge propellers on the starboard side were blown off, but also the rudder was completely destroyed. The sea water poured into the stern of the ship and soon merged with the sea water from the side side side.

So just two minutes later, the Soviet Union's hull began to lift from front to back, the red waterline painted on the bottom of the bow was far away from the sea, and the sharp bow was lifting off the water at an incredible angle.

Most of the damage control personnel inside the ship are swept away by the influx of seawater. When the seawater rushes into the boiler room, the whole warship loses power. The working efficiency of the pump immediately dropped several times, and the tilt of the ship became more serious. It took only 15 minutes from the Soviet ship being hit to the final failure of the damage control.

You have to lament the human means. It takes a long time for them to build a great achievement, but sometimes it only takes a few seconds to destroy it. It took three years from design to construction for the Soviet Union to be built, but its sinking didn't take half an hour from the beginning of the water inflow.

The well-designed anti torpedo structure can't resist the destruction of four large caliber torpedoes, and the thick armor can't stop the high explosive weapons. This is the essence of War: no matter how strong the fortress is, it can't resist the enemy's attack forever. Sometimes the Great Wall is not the best choice.

Torpedoes are responsible for destroying armor and shaking warships' defenses. The sea water is responsible for the rest of the work. It pours into the interior of the warship, pushing the twisted walls through the cracks and holes, rushing into the vents and doors, and then occupying one territory after another that originally belonged to the air. When they squeeze a lot of air out of the ship, the whole warship will be overburdened, pulling more cabins into the water, and the vicious circle will continue until the whole ship sinks into the sea floor.

The heavy armor laid in order to prevent damage has become a burden that cannot be taken off at this moment. Hundreds of tons of solid steel plates pull the warship to sink slowly. All human efforts seem to be negligible at this time.

"The Soviet Union! The Soviet Union! You're tilting! You're tilting! Can I help you? " On the bridge of a cruiser behind the Soviet Union, the cruiser captain kept calling to the Soviet Union with a radio.

A few minutes later, the Soviet ship sent its first telegram after it was hit, which was also very simple: "I was struck by a torpedo, the damage control failed, and all the crew abandoned the ship!" By the time the telegram was sent out, the stern of the Soviet Union had sunk into the sea, and the huge bow in front of it had been lifted out of the sea by huge leverage. All this is similar to the sinking process of the Titanic, except that the bow of the Titanic sank to the bottom of the sea first, pressing the stern off the water. On the contrary, the Soviet battleship sank into the sea because of water, and its bow was cocked up“ destroyer! Search the whole sea! Catch that German submarine and sink it The captain of the cruiser immediately took command of the battlefield. After a little hesitation, he immediately gave the battle order. He didn't want to lose another warship for rescue work, or let go of the German submarine that was the killer when the Soviets sank“ It's on the starboard side of the Soviets! The submarine is on our starboard side The captain of the Soviet destroyer has a thick beard, and he has rich combat experience. Because he once served as an anti submarine commander in the first World War, and has very skilled anti submarine skills“ Right full rudder! full speed forward! Prepare the depth charge He raised his telescope and looked at the possible location of the other side's submarine. It was quiet there, as if nothing had appeared. But he was very confident that under the calm water, there was a submarine speeding up in the opposite direction“ Don't go back to the rudder! Off course The commander of the destroyer's moustache confidently pressed the steering wheel with one hand, preventing the sailors on his ship from turning back the steering wheel. The destroyer deviated a little and then about a minute later returned to the direction it had intended to go. Straight after a submarine? What's the difference between that and death? In case the opponent jumps over the wall in a hurry and counterattacks with the torpedo at the tail of the submarine, it is definitely a very difficult problem. He carefully completes the evasion movement, then the submarine side relies on the inaccurate sonar system, it is impossible to easily fire back. Behind the destroyer, the Soviet cruiser had moved near the Soviets and began to put down lifeboats to save people. There are a lot of Soviet sailors floating there. In the cold sea, they will be frozen to death before long. The huge Soviet ship's bow is now almost submerged in the sea, and the powerful 381 mm cannon is now standing on the sea like three chimneys“ Captain, aren't we going to save people? Without us, I'm afraid it's too late to save people. " The chief officer looked back at his comrades soaking in the water, and his tone was full of anxiety. You know, there are more than 1600 officers and men on the Soviet ship. Even if half of them were killed, there were 800“ Help! There are other ships! We're going to take out that German submarine! " Captain bearded obstinately said, "we can catch him now!"“ Can you catch it? " The first mate was stunned, then looked back at his captain in shock“ It can't run far Bearded confidently said: "I'll sink it!" The destroyer under his feet is the latest anti submarine destroyer purchased from Britain. It was built in July 1937 and is very young. In fact, the negotiation on the purchase of this destroyer is very tortuous, which is a small story. The ship was originally one of the new destroyers designed and built by the British navy. Before the Navy took over service, the Soviet Union deliberately leaked the Treaty of non aggression between the Soviet Union and Germany. The news surprised Britain and France and forced them to make preparations to deal with Germany, which cheated them. In order to thank the Soviets for their "good warning", the British Navy sold the new destroyer to the Soviet Union. After all, the British navy was not challenged by the German high seas fleet at that time. So the Soviet Union got this new Destroyer "symbolizing the friendship between Britain and the Soviet Union". This destroyer is equipped with a relatively new type of sonar, which can be regarded as a professional anti submarine destroyer in the Soviet Navy. That's why the Soviet Navy sent the experienced moustache as the captain of the destroyer, and sent the destroyer to the Soviet as an escort ship. Now, the official contest has begun. A destroyer watched its prey, but the prey was not a cute seal, but a steel shark that could open its mouth at any time