A new day has begun, and so has the busy sea shipping. A steady stream of transport ships sailing from the Sea of Love is heading towards the island of Cyprus.

There are both individual ships and groups of ships along the way. Generally speaking, the ships that run the order are small ships, transport ships of two or three thousand tons, and they are called up by the navy to load ordinary daily necessities from the port and then sail to the island of Cyprus, and there are even transport ships of several hundred tons.

Larger vessels, such as those of more than 5,000 tons, are generally more formal, and they are loaded with military supplies such as personnel and ammunition to form a fleet and transport them to the island under the escort of warships.

The main reason for these two situations is that the number of small Romanian warships is not enough. At present, Romania has 21 light cruisers, 41 destroyers, frigates, torpedo boats, minesweepers and other small warships.

In addition to providing escort for the fleet, these small ships also need to protect the shipping lanes and transport fleets, minesweeping, minelaying and other work, plus rotation, the use of small warships in the Romanian Navy is currently the most extreme. In many cases, the work that should have been done by five small warships was basically done by four warships, and in extreme cases by three.

And the reason for this situation is also very simple, that is, the previous shipbuilding work was basically based on ensuring the construction of large warships. In the Navy's study of the last war, it has been shown that the task of building large warships requires the most time and materials in the war, and it is too long, while the construction time of small warships is much lower.

Therefore, after the completion of the task of building large warships, the Romanian Navy began to build new light cruisers, destroyers, frigates to supplement the work. Especially in the construction of destroyers, even more so. At present, not only the Navy's own shipyards are building, but also civilian shipyards with better capabilities are also building small warships. The shipyard has long been paved with these built warships.

Although these are small warships, the construction time of the main destroyer starts in at least eight months, and at present these warships are still in the shipyard, and it will take at least half a year for them to be launched into service.

Therefore, at present, the captains of Romania's small warships need to be overloaded and busy for more than half a year to get a respite.

Edward on the Union did not sympathize with the hardships of the small Romanian warships, and even wished that the people on these warships would be exhausted to death. Because this is the way to make his working environment safer.

The USS Union had slipped in the darkness of the night last night, and now he was lurking less than 20 nautical miles from the island. It is not close to the heavily guarded harbor area, nor is it in an unusually vigilant shipping lane, but in the area before entering the harbor, where the vigilance of the ships can be greatly relaxed, and this is the best hunting area.

If it's so good here, then why are so few submarines coming here?

The reason is simple, it is also the most dangerous area for submarines. As long as it is discovered, then the frigates and destroyers, as well as the planes from the island, will leave the submarine with nowhere to hide, so it is generally not the submarine to hunt here.

And Captain Edward, who was so bold (can you say that he had touched the wrong direction at night), actually came to this area.

"Captain, when are we going to attack?"

Inside the submarine, First Officer Pol asked the captain who had been observing the surface of the sea with a periscope.

"What's the panic, don't worry, we have to be patient."

Edward knew why Bol asked this, because he had not launched an attack after several ships, which made many officers and men in the submarine feel a little confused.

"We only have one chance, so we can't waste it, we have to wait for the right opportunity. You have to be patient, and we'll catch the big fish. ”

After giving an explanation, Edward ignored him and continued to observe the sea with his periscope. He also looked at his watch to calculate the timing of the next time he floated for a breath.

The first mate also shared Captain Edward's words with the others, which also eased everyone's mood.

Time passed like this, and in the midst of this, they also had a very dangerous upward change. The rest of the time they hide quietly under the surface, waiting for their chance.

When the sun gradually turned west, everyone's mood gradually became a little impetuous, and this time even Edward was a little anxious. Because it was too dangerous here, and the big fish he was waiting for never appeared. Scattered ships had been seen a few times, and they hurried to the island of Cyprus with full momentum.

If he had changed places, maybe Edward would have attacked them, but now he had a bigger goal of letting the ships go first.

Just as he was about to give up the big fish and choose a small fish, a faint pillar of smoke rising from the sky in the distance caught his attention.

"Is it the big fish I'm waiting for...... Hurry up and show me your true face and let me see ...... Hurry up and don't be shy...... YES”

In Edward's anticipation, the column of smoke in the distance grew larger and larger as time passed, and it was only when he could see the ship that Edward smiled.

Spotted in his periscope was a flotilla of ten transports, flanked by three destroyers.

Edward put down his periscope after observing, and now he needed to prepare a plan for the attack.

"It's a big meal, and I need to get closer."

After saying this, Edward picked up a ruler and pencil and began to calculate. After a simple plan, Edward gave the order.

"We approached the flotilla from a position of 6 degrees to the west at a speed of 30 knots."

The first mate, who received Edward's instructions, immediately loudly ordered his operation.

"6 knots, 30 degrees west!"

Following Eder's orders, the submarine approached the convoy from the west, while Edward raised his periscope to keep watching, adjusting the speed and angle.

"Adjust the angle to 35 degrees."

"35 degrees."

"Adjust the angle to 40 degrees."

"40 degrees."

"The speed was reduced to 4.5 knots."

"Section 4.5."

"Stop."

“……”

With Edward's non-stop command, the Union is now 6-7 kilometers away from the fleet. If the fleet hadn't changed course, they would have sailed 1,000 meters from the USS Union, where Edward was quietly waiting for them.

"Fill the bow torpedo tubes with water."

"The bow torpedo tube is filled with water."

Under Edward's order, the crew of the submarine immediately began to fill the bow torpedo tube with water, and as the crew operated, seawater quickly poured into the torpedo tube.

The torpedoes were ready to be fired, but they still had to wait for Edward's orders.

The opportunity they were waiting for came quickly, because the fleet had no idea that there were dangerous hunters underwater.

"Adjust the torpedo tubes at an angle of 3 degrees each."

So under Edward's order, the crew operating the torpedo tube immediately adjusted the angle.

"Torpedo No. 1 launched."

"Whoosh." In the middle of the sea, a torpedo immediately erupted from the bow of the USS Union. The torpedo quickly struck at the flotilla.

"Launch two."

"Launch of the three."

"Launch Four."

In just 15 seconds, Edward had fired four torpedoes in the bow.

And he didn't wait for the results of the observation, and immediately gave the order. "Now move at once, move east at 3 knots."

That's right, Edward didn't wait for the results of the test, and now he needed to move immediately. Now that offense and defense have changed hands, they are going to be the prey.