Chapter 119: The Attack of the Submarine (Part II)
At about 3 o'clock in the morning on July 11, 3012, the commander of the Royal Navy Assault Fleet in Sharad, Olekachi, finally received a telegram from the Blackfish, and after almost ten hours of sailing, the submarine force finally entered the port of Newport City.
The submarine force arrived at the port of Newport City an hour longer than expected, and the eighteen Blackfish-class submarines of the Royal Navy, at this time, only thirteen remained, and the other five Blackfish-class submarines had sunk halfway due to their own faults or landings.
The Blackfish was the first Blackfish-class submarine, and the captain of the Blackfish, Vignellita, was appointed interim commander-in-chief of eighteen Blackfish-class submarines.
At about three o'clock in the morning, the sky was already a little cloudy, and after the captain of the Blackfish submarine, Vignellita, ordered the periscope to be raised, he found that in the northwest direction of the Blackfish submarine, a large line of warships was moored, including a number of former dreadnought battleships and ironclad battleships.
At this time, the Independent Fleet docked dozens of warships at numerous berths in the port of Newport City, including nine Edward VII-class dreadnought battleships of the 17th Squadron of the 5th Squadron of the battleships, and 10 ironclad battleships of the 24th Squadron of the 6th Detachment of the battleships.
In addition to the nineteen battleships, the independent fleet also had ten light cruisers in one light cruiser formation and eighteen destroyers in two destroyer formations in the harbor of Newport City, four of which were not in the harbor and were patrolling the waters near the harbor, but they did not find that the hungry wolves under the sea had infiltrated the harbor of Newport City.
Vignellita, the captain of the Blackfish submarine, saw the battleships with a displacement of at least more than 10,000 tons in the distance from the periscope, and couldn't help licking his lips excitedly, and after sending a telegram to the commander of the attack fleet, Olekach, he gave the remaining Blackfish-class submarines an order to attack freely.
The Blackfish submarine then quietly approached the port dock, the periscope would stick out of the water for a while, and then disappear under the sea, the flashing lens, like a hungry wolf eye glowing with green light, greedily spied on the target, and the periscope like the hungry wolf's eyes, there were thirteen in total, but unfortunately the dozens of warships of the independent fleet in the port of Newport City were unaware of this.
The selected target of the Blackfish submarine finally entered the best attack distance of the submarine, and the captain Vignellita immediately issued an order: "Adjust the attack angle of the Blackfish!" The submarine is ready for a speed dive! ”
Because the water was too deep and the water pressure was too great, the torpedo could not be launched, so at this time the Blackfish submarine had risen to a depth of five meters above the sea surface.
Georgie, the first mate of the Blackfish submarine, quickly reported: "Captain, the optimal angle of attack has been reached, and the speed dive is ready!" ”
Captain Vignellita then ordered: "Fill the No. 1 and No. 2 torpedo tubes with water!" ”
A moment later, the first mate, Georgi, reported: "Captain, torpedo tubes No. 1 and No. 2 have been filled with water!" ”
Captain Vignellita immediately shouted: "Torpedoes No. 1 and No. 2 are fired!" It's time for us in the Royal Navy of Shalad to be ashamed! ”
"Tom-tom-" The two 533-mm torpedoes were fired from the launch tubes, and they quickly burrowed to the surface of the sea and rushed towards the Edward VII-class dreadnought battleship Kenley, which had a full load displacement of 17,200 tons for the Independence fleet.
About twenty seconds later, both 533mm torpedoes hit the Jianli, making a violent explosion, and soon after, more explosions were heard in the harbor of Newport City, and other Blackfish-class submarines also fired torpedoes at their chosen targets.
Two 533-mm torpedoes hit the left side of the Jianli almost simultaneously with the armor, and the 228-mm armor on the left side of the Jianli did not resist the two 533-mm torpedoes.
After the Jianli was torpedoed, the officers and men of the Navy who were still asleep on the Jianli were suddenly awakened, although many of the officers and men of the Jianli still did not know what was happening, but under the command of the captain, the damage management personnel of the Jianli quickly sealed the cabin of the water, so that the seawater did not continue to pour into the ship.
Thanks to the 533 mm torpedoes of the Royal Navy of Sharad, the power is not too great, if it is the 533 mm torpedoes equipped by the independent fleet, maybe two torpedoes will be enough to sink the Jianli.
Originally, the captain of the Blackfish submarine, Vignellita, after firing two torpedoes at the Jianli, was ready to look for the second prey and use up the remaining two 533mm torpedoes of the Blackfish submarine, and the Blackfish-class submarine could carry a total of four torpedoes.
However, Vignellita soon discovered that the battleship hit by the Blackfish's two 533mm torpedoes did not seem to be fatally wounded, so Vignellita immediately made a decision and fired the remaining two 533mm torpedoes of the Blackfish at the Jianli.
A battleship like the Jianli would take at least dozens of minutes to start, so when the Blackfish fired the torpedo for the second time, the Jianli was still parked at the berth, and as a result, none of the two 533mm torpedoes launched by the Blackfish for the second time were wasted, and all of them hit the left side of the Jianli with armor.
The most terrible thing is that there was a 533 mm torpedo, which drilled directly into a large hole before, and exploded inside the hull of the Jianli, instantly detonating an ammunition compartment, and as a result, the Edward VII-class former dreadnought battleship Jianli, with a full load displacement of up to 17,200 tons, sank sharply in a series of violent explosions, and soon sank to the bottom of the sea.
Because of the depth of the water in the port of Newport City, after the Jianli sank, a small part of the upper hull was exposed on the water.
Thirteen Blackfish-class submarines that managed to enter the harbor of Newport City fired a total of 52 torpedoes, of which 47 hit their targets, and the other five torpedoes malfunctioned after launch.
Forty-seven 533-mm torpedoes achieved brilliant results, sinking two Edward VII-class dreadnoughts and five ironclad battleships of the Independent Fleet, seriously damaging four Edward-class dreadnoughts and two ironclad battleships.
Although the Independent Fleet is not yet equipped with submarines, the officers and sailors of the Independent Fleet in the harbor of Newport City quickly judged that they had been attacked by enemy submarines.
Immediately after the 10 light cruisers and 14 destroyers in the harbor were activated, they blocked the entrance and exit of the harbor with depth charges and dropped a large number of depth charges into the sea water in the harbor.
The Blackfish-class submarines were so slow that none of the 10 light cruisers and 14 destroyers could escape from the harbor of Newport, and in the end, eleven Blackfish-class submarines were sunk by depth charges, and only two managed to escape, including Vignellita's Blackfish.