Chapter 729

For this plan, prien led ten submarines to leave Germany and travel across the ocean to Australia, completing a combat deployment across the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. Facts have also proved that it is not easy for a navy to expand its operational scope. This requires many people to pay their own efforts, and for this goal, struggle for a long time to complete.

After the arrival of ten German ocean going submarines, only eight of them still have combat capability. In order to ensure the normal operation of this submarine force, we have to deploy some repairmen and engineers with the army. In the end, we have to demolish the damaged submarines and unload the parts to repair the submarines with minor faults. All this is based on the German submarine model specification and the common parts, We can imagine how important equipment standardization is for ocean logistics support.

As time went on, prion led one submarine back to sea, and the rest of the submarines began to be scrapped and damaged one by one due to failure. The maintenance ship from Germany can only transport some vulnerable parts to Australia. Once the submarine has a major fault, it can only rely on dismantling one and repairing the other to ensure that someone can go out to sea to fight.

In order to balance the strength of the U.S. Navy and the Japanese Navy, akkado ordered the German naval sub fleet in the Pacific to attack the U.S. transport fleet. However, because the U.S. anti submarine defense is still in place, the German submarines have not made any decent achievements except sinking some merchant ships.

They mainly attacked American transport ships and sneaked attacks on those slow ships on the route. These ships were full of American materials transported to the front line. Every time they sank one, it was very sad for the American soldiers on the front line.

At present, only three of the seven submarines can still fight at sea. Those German sailors who have lost their submarines have been ordered to return home. They are heroes, so they will surely be triumphant. These people are allowed to play in Spain or France for three days, and then return to the base to report to their superiors.

When akkado knew that the Japanese Navy was retreating in lovely island, he knew that his goal of letting Japan and the United States consume each other should be failure. His plan to balance Japan and the United States was too sketchy, and did not keep the Japanese in a good condition and consume the U.S. Navy Fleet.

"Welcome back safely!" The chief German officer came to a German submarine captain who was disembarking from the ship. After standing at attention, he raised his arm with a smile: "head of state, akkado? Long live Rudolph. "

"Long live the Fuehrer!" The German captain also raised his arm, then walked with a smile and hugged the German officer in front of him: "it's good to be back alive. I'm glad you're here to pick me up. Here, I'll introduce you. This is my crew

The commander in front of him was the commander of the German leased port in Spain. He and the captain were University classmates and they had a good relationship. When they went to Australia, it was he who sent the fleet away from Europe and embarked on the journey to the Pacific Ocean.

"The Fuehrer is very grateful to you for using your courage to accumulate valuable experience in ocean submarine warfare for the Empire. Everyone has a holiday. Everyone can spend 1000 imperial golden marks in Spain or France." The officer shook hands with the submariners one by one with a smile and said the news that made everyone cheer.

"What's the situation with the submarine force in Australia?" Sitting in the car back to the base, the officer asked about his acquaintance's troops in Australia. After all, it's very difficult to find someone to ask him face to face because it's far away from the base. Although Prynne brought back a lot of news, the latest news still needs to ask the latest comer, doesn't it?

The captain who came back was not very happy when he mentioned Australia. After thinking about it, he said slowly: "in fact, the conditions there are very bad. The Australians only provide us with fresh water and a small amount of support. The Japanese are close to the east coast and the situation is very dangerous. We are short of ammunition, so we give up many good opportunities to attack. The repair and maintenance of the submarine itself is also very poor. The soldiers are fighting by their faith. "

In fact, his words are no exaggeration. In the battle in Australia, the German submarine officers and men are almost fighting on their own beliefs. They demolish a submarine, and then use the parts inside to repair the remaining submarines in good condition. There are fewer and fewer submarines available, but they still go to sea on time to attack the designated U.S. Transportation targets.

Since the war between the United States and Germany, American ships going to the Middle East have been attacked by German submarines. On the other hand, the originally safe route from Spain to Pacific Australia has also been blocked by US Navy destroyers. At that time, the sub fleet of German Pacific submarines, which was originally short of spare parts, completely fell into the embarrassing situation of lack of food and ammunition.

Some scarce parts can't be supplemented, and no new torpedoes have been sent. At the beginning, the submarine sub fleet could maintain the normal operation of five submarines, but now there are only three. Even so, when the three submarines set sail, they still have to choose their attack targets carefully, so that their precious ammunition will not be wasted.

"How are the scrapped submarines handled?" The officer listened to his old classmate complaining about how his submarine was demolished because of a small fault, which eventually became a matter of spare parts storage. He asked.

"We took down all the parts that could be removed, and finally opened the sea valve to see our submarine sink to the bottom of the sea. That is our old partner for many years. Do you think we will deal with it rashly? When we watched it sink, we sang military songs. " The captain replied“ I have a message from Berlin, which is sent by the imperial propaganda minister's command. It's a message to the media. You should have a careful look. Then if someone interviews you, you should use this standard set of words to answer the other party's questions. " The officer handed the captain a document and said, "I heard that you will be promoted to captain and teach at the Submarine Academy. Congratulations."“ Seriously, if I had a choice, I'd rather drift on the sea. " The submarine captain said with a wry smile: "people who have fought on the sea do not want to go back to the land to live a stable life. I still hope to fight with my soldiers on the cold sea bottom. That's where I really like. There is no intrigue or chaos. If you have the ability, you will survive and make contributions; If you don't have the ability, you will die naturally. " The officer who met them burst out laughing: "I knew you would say that, but unfortunately, you are all the most valuable talents in the Empire now, so please teach in school." With a sigh, the submarine captain accepted his fate and nodded: "sometimes I really envy that guy prion. He went to Australia with us. It's said that he's still at sea, and he's living his favorite fighting life?"“ This guy is even more proud now. I heard that he was burning, killing and looting all the way along the east coast of the United States, just like a bandit. The U.S. government offered a reward of $5 million for prion's head! " As the commander of the port, the news is very well-informed. Prion is now between Iceland and the east coast of the United States. He has sunk a transport ship with a gross tonnage of more than 100000 tons, making the whole United States very angry. The new submarine, renamed u-47, has become a ghost living in the North Atlantic. The US Navy destroyer has detected this terrible weapon more than once, but no one can sink it. The submarine came and went without a trace, playing with dozens of British and American destroyers like idiots, which made the British and American Navy suffer a lot. Like Britain, Germany has invested its new weapons in the North Atlantic battlefield. However, unlike Britain's meteor fighter, which has very low reliability, Germany's new submarines have very high reliability. Compared with the British, Germany's weapons for war are more mature and have more deterrent power. Just after prien's submarines began to fight, Transport efficiency between Iceland and the United States has been reduced by more than five percent. This is just what a new submarine can do. Just as like as two peas scorched by the flames of the German ghost submarines on the east coast, the three shipyards opened the gates at the same time. In the music of the military band, William and Doenitz broke the champagne in three submarines in a row. The three ships were also launched. The same was also found in the German naval port of the army.