Chapter 1,295 Taking Turns in Battle
Chapter 1295 Taking turns in battle
After making arrangements for tomorrow's battle, Su Xiong arranged for the officers to be responsible for the night, and then went back to rest. The two German fast battleships hid their figures in the dark night, but they were not worried about not being found. Opponent, because when they were resting, someone was not resting! When the dinosaurs on the water finished hunting, the wolves hiding under the water also revealed their ferocious fangs!
The destroyer Asagiri and another transport ship were ordered to stay in the waters temporarily to rescue the drowning people, looking at the dark night around them and the battlefield like a Shura field. The sailors on the Asagiri also felt guilty. God knows whether those two German fast battleships had gone far... Will he kill someone with a carbine or something? After more than ten minutes, the Asagiri could not even find two of its own fast battleships, because the latter had implemented a blackout and was hiding in the dark. In this dangerous sea area, the only way to avoid being Discovery is the safest.
Survival boats were lowered from the side of the ship one after another. There was a group of rescuers on each lifeboat. With the help of the searchlights on the ship, these people rowed the survival boats and began to pull people who were still in the water but still breathing. on board.
"It doesn't work anymore, just throw it down." Ichiro Akita said helplessly as he looked at a man who was severely burned all over his body. This was already the sixth dying person he had thrown down. After falling into the water, you were scalded by the hot sea water (for example, a cannonball just fell next to you, water is a poor conductor of heat), scratched by some hard objects, or even jumped into the water from a height and fell into the water with incorrect posture. The impact is all taking away the fragile lives of human beings.
The entire rescue operation was carried out very slowly, because this was not a ship that was sunk, nor was it only a small number of people who fell into the water. For example, on the Awa Maru, it is estimated that more than 4 digits of people fell into the water on board, and more than 500 people needed to be rescued. However, there are only two ships to perform this task. It is obviously difficult to rescue people in the dark night.
"Send a telegram to the flagship and send another ship over." The captain of the Asagiri ordered. However, at this moment, the transport ship Kawauchi, which was performing the mission with Asagiri, suddenly heard a loud noise!
boom! Deafening explosions resounded over the battlefield again. Just as the transport ship was retrieving people who fell into the water, the submarine U154 sneaked over and fired two torpedoes less than 1,000 meters away from the opponent! Originally the torpedo captain planned to fire 4 rounds, but the captain thought it was a waste!
Without the Kawauchi noticing, the two torpedoes dragged their white tail lines across the blue sea. Two minutes later, the two torpedoes hit the target one after another. Each torpedo contained TNT weighing more than 150KG. Explosives, with any luck, two torpedoes can send a British battleship to the bottom of the sea, let alone this transport ship with a displacement of only 6,000 tons!
No need to think about it, in less than 1 minute, the transport ship Kawauchi broke into three sections under the influence of the huge explosion and its own weight! The one who is heavy is called clean and tidy.
When the ship sank into the water, more than 90% of the people on it did not have time to escape. Not only that, hundreds of people who had just been rescued from the water returned to the embrace of the sea again... But this time, most of them had no chance to be rescued again, because the whirlpool caused by the sinking of the ship directly sucked them all into the depths of the sea!
"There is a submarine!" Although I have never experienced this kind of fear of being killed invisibly before. However, we have already heard rumors about various Allied submarines NB. The destroyer Asagiri immediately issued an alarm of the submarine attack and notified Fleet Commander Kanji Kato via telegram. However, for the depth bombs and hydrophones, The two Japanese fast battleships without weapons notified them that they would not bring any essential help to the Asagiri. It would only make Kanji Kato hide in the night without hesitation, and even for the sake of safety, he would not hesitate to open a certain distance. distance. After all, not every ship is called Dauntless and has a bow capable of anti-submarine... (The Dauntless once rammed and sank a submarine)
The destroyer Asagiri immediately gave up the search for the implementers, turned on the searchlight and began to search the sea surface, hoping to find the periscope. At the same time, hydrophones are used in the hope of detecting traces of submarines underwater.
"The diving depth is increased by 20 meters, the speed is 4 knots, and the heading is 6 o'clock. We are ready to leave." The U154 submarine was not greedy for credit. After killing a transport ship, it shouted decisively. Anyway, there are other submarines in this area, so there is no point in continuing to fight the destroyer!
Almost at the same time, other submarines hidden in the sea also began to attack. The more courageous submarines even launched attacks in a semi-floating state, such as the U190 submarine.
"Submarine up! Guaranteed speed of 12 knots, heading 3 o'clock. If we are lucky, we can kill two of them!" Dönitz, known as the Wolf King of the Deep Sea, is an ace captain who has sunk 50,000 tons. Previously, his most dazzling achievement was killing a British armored cruiser while cruising in the Norwegian Sea.
There are not many destroyers in Japan escorting the fleet. According to the data provided by intelligence and reconnaissance, there are only six destroyers in total. The fleet report just mentioned that 2 destroyers have been destroyed and 1 is currently rescuing people, so it should still be done now. There are 3 destroyers. Considering that the Japanese are accustomed to deploying destroyers next to the main force, theoretically, there is no more than 1 destroyer around this fleet. Therefore, under the cover of night, Dönitz dared to surface and attack. merchant ship.
The speed of a submarine is slow underwater, but it is completely different on the water. The U190 is a relatively new submarine, and its maximum speed on the surface can reach 16.8 knots. Catching up with these Japanese transport ships was not a problem. As a large amount of seawater was discharged from the water tank, the battleships began to rise rapidly.
"If I hadn't been worried that artillery attacks might expose me, I wouldn't have chosen to use precious torpedoes." Dönitz muttered in a low voice as the submarine surfaced.
Like a shark with its dorsal fin exposed, without the Japanese noticing, the U190 submarine began to quickly approach the target. It did not directly attack the 4,500-ton transport ship at the tail, but overtook it and fought with the two The target ship forms a triangle. Dönitz's idea was simple. He planned to use the bow and tail torpedo tubes in sequence to attack two transport ships at the same time. In this way, the attack time would be the shortest and the possibility of exposure would be the lowest!
"The torpedoes are ready, 1,200 meters away from the No. 1 target ship, the target speed is 8 knots, the direction is due north, our torpedoes are fired in 3 salvos, the depth is 5 meters, the speed is 35 knots!" Torpedo Changhui reported.
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