Chapter 978: The Fuse That Ignited Everything 3

The most distinctive feature of this battleship is its turret protection, how to say, the romance of the French (or the design of the mystery) is very obvious in this class of battleships, there are only 5 turrets in total, and 5 turrets have 3 different protection standards! IF NUMBERED 1 TO 5 FROM BOW TO STERN, THE FRONTS OF TURRETS NO. 1 AND 5 OF THE BATTLESHIP BRESTANI WERE 340 MM THICK, AND THE FRONTS OF TURRETS NO. 2 AND 4 WERE REDUCED TO 270 MM. The most incomprehensible thing about the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info is the turret in the middle, the thickness of which has reached 400MM! IT IS ALSO THE MAIN GUN TURRET, AND THE MAXIMUM DIFFERENCE IN THICKNESS HAS REACHED 130MM! It's so incomprehensible!

As for power, Brestany can be regarded as decent, with a 29,000 horsepower engine output and a speed of 20 knots, it is just a fundamentalist battleship, which is also a match for the Guba-class dreadnoughts and Danton-class quasi-dreadnoughts in front.

Further west, there were two other Lone class battleships. There were more than a dozen battleships in the entire French fleet, and the port of Castelli, as an ordinary port, naturally could not accommodate too many battleships, so the other part of the battleships were moored elsewhere, and in addition to these 6 large battleships, the rest of the harbor were destroyers and cruisers belonging to the battleship detachment.

Of course, the submarine UB-12 under water naturally did not know so much, all he needed now was to find a suitable target and shoot all the torpedoes! "The French have done a really good job of defense, they have laid heavy mine nets next to the battleships, and there are underwater guardrails, and we may not be so easy to bypass the guardrails." Captain Lerch said in his heart.

The effect of heavy mine nets is actually not good, the torpedo head has a cutter to deal with this kind of mine net, the real thing that makes people feel difficult to deal with is those gate-like defensive fences made of iron chains and wooden stakes, although theoretically torpedoes can run through the gaps, but who knows how effective it will actually be? Nearly every battleship was flanked by this system of defense from above the water to the underwater, leaving the Austrians at a loss for the first time to see such a formation.

"We go from the front. It's hard to find angles, but at least there's a chance! After half a sound, the torpedo chief thought for a moment and said.

"How sure are you of the hit?" Captain Lerch asked.

"6 percent." After looking around with the periscope, the torpedo chief gestured with his hand.

"Let's get moving!" Captain Lerch nodded, and the engines of the UB-12 submarine started again, sailing slowly at a speed of 3 knots per hour. He began to look for targets from east to west, and there were two large ships moored at the first and second berths, but because there was no replenishment operation, the protective fence was not removed, and the battleship was protected to death, and the UB-12 submarine had no chance.

The third berth is also not good, although there is a ship in it that is supplying the battleship, but the silhouette of the supply ship almost blocks the torpedo range, and from the empirical analysis, the draft of this ship is very deep, and it is impossible for the torpedo to pass under the supply ship and then hit the battleship. Captain Lerci, who was bent on making big news, after a short hesitation, directed the submarine to slowly move west!

"That's it!" The effort paid off, and the fourth berth was anchored at the No. 4 ship of the Brestany-class battleships, the Normandy. At this time, the ship was just preparing to replenish, the huge guardrail was pushed open, and the supply ship had not yet entered, although the firing range was relatively narrow, but considering that the opponent was a stationary target, and he could send four torpedoes in one go! So the hit rate is still relatively high!

"Hurry up, turn the engine up to maximum power, we only have 5 minutes!" Captain Lerch frantically signaled to take immediate action, and the UB-12 submarine, which had been sailing at a low speed, suddenly raised its terrifying dragon head like an awakened sea dragon, and the hull of more than 70 meters spent a huge arc underwater towards the target berth!

"The torpedo is set to a depth of 5.5 meters! The 1 straight No. 4 torpedo tube is ready! Speed 9 knots! Heading for 2 o'clock! Expected to launch in 3 minutes! "The torpedo commander calculated the attack course as quickly as possible, and proposed his own attack plan to the captain!

"It can be executed!" After a brief hesitation, Captain Lerch agreed to the plan, albeit a little shallow. But considering the complex hydrology and underwater obstacles, 5.5 meters is still more appropriate. The UB-12 submarine began its final sprint, gradually increasing to a high speed of 11 knots and advancing the engagement time by about 15 seconds!

"Torpedo launch!" WHEN THE TORPEDO COMMANDER GAVE THE ORDER, IT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A SERIES OF MUFFLED SOUNDS OF COMPRESSED AIR EXPANDING, AND 4 ROUNDS WERE 500MM IN DIAMETER. The G7 torpedo, weighing 1365KG, was pushed into the water in turn by compressed air, and with the pneumatics of the engine, a series of exhaust gases were sent out of the mine body, forming 4 clear torpedo tracks! Suddenly appear underwater like 4 sharp swords, and then crash into your opponent at a high speed of 37 knots!

"Get out of now!" This is not the time to see the results of the battle, after the last torpedo was fired, the UB-12 submarine quickly turned, the steering gear was hit to the maximum, the slender hull quickly turned in the middle of the sea and aimed the tail at the berth, after a short hesitation, Captain Lylch did not continue the attack, but left the battlefield and sailed towards the exit! But he's not backing down, he's having other plans!

The torpedo got close to the hydrophone and picked up the stopwatch and began to count, and in the silence of the water, you could almost only hear the nervous beating of people's hearts and the arrival of the stopwatch! Fifteen seconds later, the first loud bang sounded, like thunder exploding in my ears! The sound characteristic of the explosion of an underwater large-yield torpedo violently hits the eardrum! Some people covered their mouths excitedly and signaled: "We hit?" ”

"It's not the main one, it's too early!" The torpedo chief first shook his head, and then signaled to be calm! Soon, another loud bang came from the side! This time it should be about the same, about 40 seconds.

"No, it doesn't seem to be in the right direction." The torpedo chief shook his head helplessly and said. This feeling of living like a year, with both anticipation and disappointment, is a huge ordeal for anyone!

"We seem to have sunk a transport ship?" Captain Lerch saw from the periscope a huge pillar of fire suddenly burst out from one ship after another! Then, countless fires flew from the hull of the ship like a volcanic eruption! The huge hull plate was easily torn to pieces by the impact of the explosion, and in just a dozen seconds, the front half of the hull began to sink.

Today's three watches~~~! I didn't recommend it this week.,The author continues to be sad--! Can you please support me?