Chapter 744

In another corner that the poor sailor couldn't see, there was actually a periscope watching every move of the transport fleet here. At such a delicate moment, the German submarines finally revealed all their killing moves and began to pour deadly torpedoes towards their opponents who had no fighting power.

The sailor who found that he also had a German submarine on the port side scolded. Before he could run far away, a torpedo struck the iron plate on the side of the ship below the deck where he was standing.

The huge inertia makes the torpedo hit the iron plate heavily, and then the vibration excites the torpedo fuse and ignites the explosive behind. In a moment, the action of excitation is completed, and the whole body of the torpedo is torn into countless invisible fragments by the terrible chemical energy.

Before the poor sailor and the people around him realized the next thought in their mind, the explosion waves and flames would devour their bodies, and then the sea water pushed away by the torpedo explosion began to shake and tear repeatedly, twisting and breaking the ship's side.

The human body is so humble and small in the face of such a violent force. With the spread of the shock wave, these sailors near the center of the explosion are pushed high into the air, and then because of the too strong force, they break into several or ten pieces in the process of flying.

You don't have to inform other ships or your own captain any more, because as long as you are not blind, you can see the gorgeous fireworks, and as long as you are not deaf, you can hear the deafening sound.

The sea water poured into the interior of the ship. Without heavy armor protection, the merchant ship could not resist this terrible weapon. The huge force that even the battleship could not resist destroyed the supporting structure of the ship in an instant. The twisting sound of steel could still be heard clearly even in the huge explosion noise.

The buoyancy of the two sections of the hit transport ship did not change in a short period of time, but in the middle, because there was still a large amount of water in the cargo, the weight increased sharply, but lost the role of buoyancy, so with the click sound, the damaged steel keel began to crack, and the huge steel bar was twisted into two sections by more powerful force.

With the deformation of the keel, those solid rivets on the surrounding iron plates were squeezed out like bullets, splashing around the cabin, flying around like bullets, piercing the chest or stomach of those unfortunate sailors. Blood seeped into the sea and turned red.

Just ten seconds later, the transport ship broke away from the middle, the stern and bow of both sides were raised high, with dripping water out of the sea. The bottom of the ship, which was soaked in water all the year round, was covered with sea creatures, which looked far less smooth than other parts.

"Transporter H19 is sunk! My God! That's the position on the left! There are enemy submarines over there, too! There are enemy submarines over there, too In the core, a crew member with a telescope shouts, his cry is full of despair, as if death is standing on his head.

In order to protect the safety of the whole fleet and better protect the important and scarce materials, the large fleet going to Iceland arranges the ships in the fleet according to the degree of importance: the outermost ships generally transport worthless food or cheap materials; Inside, there are personnel and some weapons; The most important part is that the things loaded on the ship are more dangerous, either oil or ammunition.

At present, the formation of the whole fleet has been in chaos, and it is obvious that the Germans are well prepared. The situation looks very bad. At this moment, if you are on a ship with 10 tons of explosives and 30 tons of ammunition, it is obviously a very desperate thing.

Sure enough, before the crew of the arms carrier studied how to improve their current situation, they saw a transport ship in the core position not far away was hit by a leaking torpedo. In a flash, the water column exploded at least 20 stories high, accompanied by the explosion of the largest oil tanker in the fleet.

This huge fire group similar to the ultimate explosion sounded the horn of the collapse of the British. Some transport ships on the edge, which were very good at breaking away from the large forces, began to escape from the fleet while doing evasive actions, and fled in other directions. The destroyers that should have protected the merchant ships are now scrambling to deal with the thorny German submarines.

As time goes on, the British Destroyers have dropped a series of deep-water bombs and made a series of dull noises in the deep sea. The huge explosion repeatedly tugged at the sea, and finally let this powerful tearing force spread to a considerable distance.

However, these deep-water bombs obviously didn't work as well as they should, because the location of the explosion was too far away from their target. The u-47 submarine has used its excellent speed to get rid of the British destroyer that chased it. After all, the explosion in the distance affects the sonar detection of both sides, and the current combat environment is very bad, which is conducive to the avoidance of submarines.

If the British Royal Navy is allowed to rank the German ships it dislikes, the first place is the German submarine. This kind of damned weapon should not appear in the minds of the British people. It is trampling on the invention of the British Empire.

The British always thought that the German Navy's aircraft carrier fleet would not win the battle of the English Channel. They thought that if the German spies were not killed at the critical moment, the final winner of the battle would be the Royal Navy. Therefore, even after losing the right to control the sea, or the right to control the air at sea, the British navy is still full of confidence to win. Nelson's spirit, which has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow for one hundred years, and the arrogance and strength which has only been erected for one hundred years, can not be affected by a small setback. The only thing that impressed the Royal Navy was the disgrace of the loss of its homeland. They even think that the real threat to the Royal Navy is the German submarine and the damned battleship "Admiral Ryder". As for aircraft carriers, as long as the United States supports British aircraft carriers in place, it is not a big threat at all. Unfortunately, since the ghost ship appeared in the North Atlantic, the British began to face up to their opponents. When one battleship after another sank under the German torpedoes, the British finally felt uneasy. Now, something despairing has happened. The ghost that used to be only one has now become several. The technical solutions for dealing with the German ghost submarines are still in the laboratory, so there is no possibility of mass production. Some people imagine using decoys and a large number of planes to set up an ambush position to kill this ghost submarine, but so far there is no record that the plane has found this ghost submarine, which is too coincidental to be summarized by good luck. According to the analysis of the technical department, the German has made progress in the miniaturization of radar. At least the radar can be installed on this kind of submarine, so they evaded all kinds of patrol planes in the sky. A large number of spies working in France have taken blurred long-distance photos of this kind of submarine. According to the analysis of the reference objects in the photos, the tonnage of this kind of submarine is larger, and the anti-aircraft guns and other weapons are canceled, so some underwater noise is reduced, and it is more hidden and faster. As for why this kind of submarine can drive more than 15 knots underwater, and can lurk underwater for a long time, it can only be summarized by conjecture and inference. The British and US naval technical departments think that this kind of submarine may have used an unknown power. Some clues indicate that this kind of ghost submarine is equipped with a very high-performance battery system. In addition to the known super-high torpedo firing rate of this submarine, it forms a general outline of this submarine. This weapon is epoch-making enough. At least the intelligence agencies in Britain and the United States have offered skyrocketing prices. Who can get the design drawings or part of the design drawings of this thing? The prize is 5 million US dollars. As for why German torpedoes can attack oncoming ships head-on, this is a simple technical cover up. The two German submarines, which are lying in silence in front of each other and waiting for the other fleet to approach, change the torpedo's touch and explosion fuse to timed explosion through the simple calculation device on the submarine, and set the explosion time. This simple computer is the latest product of Turing working group. Although it does not meet the requirements of complex calculation in advance, it can do some simple fixed calculation. It is just used on the new submarine to help set this kind of time fuze. The torpedo didn't explode when it touched the other ship, but when it reached the designated time, it exploded around the ship. It is precisely because of this attack mode that prion arranged two submarines to block the way in the front of the British transport fleet. It is also because of the dense fleet of the other side's ships that the hit probability of this delayed automatic explosion fuze is increased. The British will probably never think that the German used mathematics rather than technology to increase the attack mode of their torpedoes. This is a technical victory, a deliberate weapon research and development, and a revolutionary subversion of backward tactics and equipment. According to the technical point of view, the German submarine has half stepped into the threshold of modern submarine design, while the British escort ship and escort mode are still in the poor end of the first World War.