Chapter 468 Deck Cannon

With luck, a torpedo can destroy a cargo ship, but now, it was obviously an accident, and the other party's reaction was too fast.

Generally speaking, when a cargo ship is attacked, the crew is absolutely panic-stricken and abandons the ship and flees, but now, the other party can quickly manage the damage and let the ship continue to float, indicating that the person above is not an ordinary sailor!

This piqued the interest of Major Prien even more, he must sink this cargo ship!

What's next? Go ahead and fire the second torpedo?

of course not!

The cost of a T2 electric torpedo is 25,000 Reichsmarks, which is of course very expensive. You must know that a BF109 is only 43,000 Reichsmarks. Two torpedoes can make a plane.

While the aircraft can be used continuously, the torpedo is a one-time use, and the use of torpedoes against cargo ships is actually quite a luxury.

Just now, I have used one, and now I can't waste the second one!

In addition to being precious, the number of torpedoes you can carry is limited once you go out to sea. You must fully utilize the power of these torpedoes!

So, now, Major Prien is not going to waste any more.

"Drain the tank, float up," said Major Prien. "The gunner is ready."

Float!

The submarine is in the water, which is the result of the balance of gravity and buoyancy. Fill the ballast tank of the submarine with water, and the gravity will increase, and it will sink. Now, if you want to surface, you need to use compressed air to put the ballast. The seawater in the tank is drained.

Following his order, the submariner opened the pipe, and when the high-pressure air passed through the pipe, the whole pipe hummed, and then the submarine gradually emerged from the sea.

Just like a dragon coming out of the water, the surface of the submarine is constantly flowing with sea water. When the entire water tank is emptied, the top of the submarine is completely exposed.

Submarine Youde was the first to open the top hatch. In an instant, a cool sea breeze blew over, and he took a deep breath. This feeling is awesome!

Even if the submarine already has a snorkel, the air inside the submarine is still quite dirty, and the smell mixed with diesel is almost always there.

When the submarine has a chance to float, it is the greatest joy to be able to come out and breathe.

It's just that Youde didn't come up to breathe, he has more important tasks.

At this time, the submarine was shaking irregularly, and while it was shaking, the submarine soldier Youde ran towards the front of the deck.

There, there is an 88mm naval gun.

Unlike the smooth and streamlined submarines of later generations, the submarines of this era are still very primitive, and in terms of appearance, they are more like surface ships.

At the same time, its weapons, in addition to torpedoes, are deck guns!

In the early days of World War II, in the Atlantic Ocean, German submarines were not attacked by powerful Allied anti-submarine forces, and most of them were single-boat safari.

Therefore, when German submarines encountered a single cargo ship of the Allies, in order to save valuable torpedoes, they often surfaced to the surface and attacked the cargo ship with 88mm deck guns.

Even during the war, a large German XXXC submarine relied on a 105mm deck gun and launched an artillery battle with an American escort destroyer on the sea in a stormy night!

At that time, submarines spent most of their time on the surface, and deck guns were a must.

At the same time, compared with the naval guns on other warships, the biggest difference of this deck gun is the anti-rust treatment.

Seawater is salty and will rust quickly if not protected.

The gun bore coating and special paint can prevent rust, and every time the submarine returns to voyage, it must be repaired, rust removal for the deck gun, replacement of parts, etc.

The muzzle at the back is airtight, and at the same time, a cover is added to the muzzle in front to cover the muzzle so that water will not enter the muzzle.

Like now.

Yoder, who hurried up, quickly took off the cover of the deck gun. This was the first task.

In the history of submarine warfare in the Atlantic Ocean, the surfacing and diving of submarines is extremely common. In the panic, there will be an explosion accident caused by the boat opening the gun in a hurry and not taking off the gun mask.

This first task is very important.

Behind him, two other crew members ran along with him.

The crew in the middle will open the main locker under the control cabin, where the shells are stored. This is a small watertight ammunition locker.

After disassembling, he quickly took out the cannonball and handed it to the person next to him.

"Filled!" he shouted loudly.

Youde had run back to the back of the gun position at this time, and he quickly shook the high and low machine, the barrel of the 88mm naval gun, and turned it.

"Three hundred distance, right in front, let it go!"

"Boom!" In the huge explosion, the 88mm shells flew towards the Navasota freighter opposite.

Bruce stood on the bow, watching the submarine emerge from the sea water, and watching the crew of the other party come out and fire. At this time, he could do nothing but watch.

This is a freighter.

Although there are weapons in the cargo compartment of the freighter, these weapons are all in the cargo compartment. In a short period of time, it is impossible for them to take the weapons out of the cargo compartment.

Take out a few rifles at most, is it useful? In this case, it is only useful to have a naval gun duel!

"God, what are they doing? We are a civilian ship!" In the cockpit, the bearded captain, looking at the artillery fire on the sea in the distance, couldn't help cursing loudly.

If the other party just launched torpedoes underwater, they could not admit it afterwards and default on their debts. After all, no one saw them. However, now they have surfaced to use naval guns, which is simply lawless. ?

"Boom!" The gun accurately hit the middle of the cargo ship, and instantly exploded a big hole on the side of the ship.

No one can save this cargo ship anymore. After all, this is just a cargo ship. This cannon made the sea water gurgling in! The capsize of the ship is just around the corner.

"Boom!" The second cannon sounded!

Compared with expensive torpedoes, shells are much cheaper, and since the fire has been fired, of course it can't be over all at once!

The speed of manual reloading is not slow, the second shell, after more than ten seconds, flew again!

"Boom!" The second shell landed next to the first shell, and the second explosion directly tore the 10,000-ton freighter into two halves!

The cargo ship Navasota broke from the middle, and the front and rear halves were rushing into the sea frantically. This ship was completely helpless!