Chapter 979: The Fuse That Ignited Everything 4

"Our attack seems to have failed somewhat?" Captain Lerch said with a face, and then silently left the periscope, and the torpedo chief next to him walked over with some reluctance and continued to observe the sea. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and at this time, another fire rose to the sky!

After a long wait (probably only a few minutes), the Austrians finally reaped their booty! A G7 torpedo hit the battleship Normandy moored in the harbor at a very tricky angle, of course, because of the angle, don't think that this torpedo could hit the ammunition depot and the core compartment such a fatal position, in fact, this torpedo hit the bow of the Normandy!

The explosive force produced by the 195KG TNT explosive is huge, and the violent explosion easily tore the bow of the Normandy from the underwater part, countless high-temperature and high-pressure bubbles formed in an instant, and then quickly burst, and the atmospheric pressure that was thousands of times stronger pushed countless fragments to tear the Normandy, almost tearing the bow in half! In less than 2 minutes, hundreds of tons of seawater poured through the breach, and the violent current made the damage to the battleship even greater! The turbulent waters flooded the bow torpedo compartment, anchor division, and other compartments, and in the 1,200-ton sea water, the already overwhelmed bow finally plunged deep into the sea. The huge bow keel collided violently with the sediment on the bottom of the sea! Rumble!

This was followed by the sound of metal shattering and twisting, and the already badly shattered bow further twisted and deformed, and after a series of impacts and explosions, a fifth of the entire battleship was already submerged. The bow of the ship twisted at a very terrifying angle. Tell what a heavy blow this battleship has just received!

The effect of this blow was very good, the first torpedo hit the defensive fence, the second hit the shore and blew up the half-pulled trestle, the third torpedo hit a ship that was transporting supplies on the Normandy, the ship with a displacement of 4500 had 200 tons of food and more than 700 tons of coal, and sank directly into the sea. The fourth shot hit Normandy, destroying the entire bow and causing it to reach the bottom. Although the battleship was not completely destroyed, if you want to repair it, I am afraid that it will not be possible in a few months.

Comparing the position of the pillar of fire with the position of the opposing capital ship observed, Captain Lyleman thought that his wave was stable. All that's left is to flash people quickly! The French moved very quickly, all the searchlights were quickly turned on in an instant, illuminating the main area of the sea as if it were day, and the destroyers and boats immediately went into action, and began to blindly drop anti-submarine bombs into the water. The port, which had been relatively quiet, was like a boiling boiler in an instant. And now Captain Lerch is ready to give the French one more gift before leaving!

The UB-12 submarine quickly sailed in the direction of the exit, almost returning the same way, and in the process, a mine was pushed out of the torpedo tube, yes, in the end Captain Lehrman did not choose to launch another torpedo attack, because the torpedo loading time was too long, it took about half an hour, at this time, if the UB-12 submarine dared to stay for half an hour, it is estimated that it would not be able to get out!

A round bucket-like depth charge was thrown into the sea, the depth of the water in the port is not large, as long as the depth of the underwater explosion of the mine is set at about 15 meters, it can almost make the submarine unable to escape, one by one the bombs fall into the water along the slide rail in turn, a few seconds later, a huge column of water rises into the air, the French first determined the position of the submarine according to the trajectory of the torpedo, and then take this as the core, constantly radiate around, and the net of death composed of destroyers and depth charges unfolds!

"The French threw depth charges like crazy, and they didn't think about where we were, but like a sapling, they dropped a mine at certain distances, a kind of covering blow, a series of explosions came from the sea, and the huge force of the explosion formed the water flow under the water and constantly hit the hull of the submarine. Although we were far from the center of the explosion, we could still feel our submarine shaking, and the hull was screaming under the huge water pressure! It's like a drum hammer hitting the surface of a drum, which makes people feel palpitations and fear! Afterwards, whenever Captain Lelch recalled the operation, he still had lingering palpitations.

In the process of leaving, the UB-12 submarine threw more than a dozen mines into the channel, and the width of the route out was not large, and it would be great if a French battleship struck a mine while going out, maybe it could block the port for several weeks!

And just as the UB-12 submarine was preparing to embark on its way home, the French fleet in the entire harbor was already in disarray, and the commander-in-chief of the French Navy, who was awakened in his sleep by the sound of violent explosions. Vice Admiral La Perel opened the curtains in his bedroom and could see a pillar of fire rising in the direction of Berth 4, and the flames and thick smoke that rose made him angry!

"Can anyone tell me what's going on? I wonder who's in charge of guarding tonight! I'm going to be court-martialed! The lieutenant general opened the door like an angry lion, and then collided with his subordinates who were about to report!

"We seem to have been attacked by submarines, and the Normandy has been heavily damaged!" The subordinate looked at the admiral who looked like a mad tiger and said with some fear.

"Immediately salvage the Normandy and close the defensive fences of all berths! Then order all the destroyers and ships capable of dropping depth charges, and plow the bottom of the harbor for me! "De. La Perel ordered. The French were still moving fast, on the one hand continuing to defend themselves against possible attacks by submarines, and on the other hand, dozens of ships of various types began to search for attackers in the harbor. Fortunately, Captain Lerch walked quickly, and turned immediately after the attack, otherwise he would not have been spared by the frenzied bombardment of the French.

For Germany, who wielded the most powerful maritime power of the Entente in the Mediterranean. Admiral La Perel said that rescuing the battleship Normandy was a very important task at this time, and it was also important to kill the attackers, but these things would naturally be done by the people below, and he, as the person in charge of the overall situation, now needs to consider that once this incident comes out, will it lead to any changes? For example, will the Allied fleet, which is entrenched in the Dardanelles and the Adriatic Sea, be ready to move because of this news?!

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