Chapter 166: Battle of Madagascar 7

Bowell holding the handle of the periscope. Sachs gave the battle order without a hint of hesitation, but sweat was already oozing from the palms of his hands holding the armrests of the periscope. It's not a fear, it's a sweat produced by a high degree of nervousness and agitation. This was his first cruise since he became captain, and he must not return empty-handed.

"The torpedo tubes have been opened!" Soon, the torpedo compartment heard the report of the torpedo firing chief.

Just as the No. 078 submarine was preparing for battle, the No. 078 submarine confidential room also received a reply from the four submarines around him. After seeing this, Powell. Sachs excitedly said to his co-captain Carlisle, "Great, so I can eat three or four of the other party's warships." Give them a head-on blow and let them know how good we are. ”

After saying this, Powell. Sachs grabbed his captain's walkie-talkie and said, "Attention everyone. Now in front of us is the main force of the French in the African fleet. As long as we sink one of their battleships or battlecruisers today, then we are the ace submarines in the navy, and you are all ace sailors. Let them be envious when the time comes. Let's all go and prepare, they are less than ten nautical miles away from us. ”

Beauwell. Sachs's trembling voice with excitement was transmitted through the intercom to every corner of the submarine. All the sailors held their breath when they heard their captain speak, and one by one straightened their backs. More mental attention is devoted to their own work.

"Report to the captain, the enemy is less than five nautical miles away from us, and the other brother submarines have also rushed over, and our periscopes can already see them." Deputy Captain Carlisle said excitedly that the soldier didn't want to make a huge military merit and fill in a lot for his military career. At this time, there was also a hint of nervousness and excitement in his tone, "The battleship in front of us is in the direction of 150, the distance is 4988, and the target angle is 35 degrees. ”

The calculator operator quickly pulled the crank to input the data into the computer, and soon the computer gave the answer, calculating the speed of the battleship to be 31 knots. This is already a very fast speed for a large guy with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, and the warships of the French generally do not have the speed of the British warships.

"Report to the captain and deputy captain, this is the Dunkirk-class battleship of the French, and it is the most advanced battleship of the French Navy at present." The calculator operator quickly reported the data to Bowell. Saxophone. So Bowell. After Sachs learned the specific model of the opposing warship. At present, there are not many battleships that the French can get their hands on, and this battleship belongs to one of them. The battleship was armed with a 330 mm caliber main gun gate. However, it is very strange to have four turrets, both of which are located at the front of the warship. The middle and rear parts of the hull are equipped with high-level dual-purpose secondary guns. The stern of the ship has a hangar for storing the ship's seaplanes and aviation facilities. The broadside armor is arranged at an angle, which has a strong underwater protection capability. So the overall performance is still good.

"Two thousand four hundred meters, azimuth 015, deflected to starboard!"

"Torpedo No. 1!"

With Beauwell. As soon as Sachs gave the order, the torpedo launcher in the torpedo compartment of the bow immediately pressed the launch button, only to hear a muffled "whoosh" sound, and a heavy electric torpedo of 533 mm caliber rushed out of the torpedo tube under the pressure of the pressure, and under the strong reaction force, the crew in the boat only felt that the deck of the ship under their feet trembled slightly.

As Beauwell. Carlisle, the deputy of the saxophone, counted the time with a stopwatch in his hand, and this torpedo was not to go out to attack the opponent but to test the angle of the torpedo, while staying at the rhythm of luck. If you can hit an enemy ship at such a distance and angle, congratulations on your ability to hit even this, in a later sentence, you can go and buy a lottery ticket when you go ashore.

Carlisle hurriedly reported the situation to Beauwell. Sachs: "Captain, the torpedo wake has deviated fifteen degrees from the starboard side of the enemy ship and has deviated from the target. ”

After a while, a dull explosion was heard in front of it, which was the result of the torpedo initiating the self-detonation program after the failure to attack the target.

"How can this be reasonable" Although the result has long been expected, as the captain of the boat, Bowell. Sachs still couldn't help but go a little crazy.

"Oh no, the enemy ships have spotted us, and their destroyers are speeding towards us." The voice of a sonar soldier rang out.

At this time, all the personnel in the internal command room of the submarine focused their eyes on Bowell. Sachs, because he is the supreme commander of this submarine, as a soldier, it is his duty to obey orders. So everyone waited with bated breath for Beauwell. Sachs next command. As the captain of the boat, Bowell. Sachs could only give two combat orders at the moment, one was to urgently dive and flee this place at full speed. Another order is to fight with all your might. But the final fate of the submarine is only known to God. But no matter which order it is, right now Beauwell. The saxophone had to give the order as soon as possible, because time waits for no one. At this time, it was already a matter of life and death, and he could not continue to think about it.

"Captain, the French destroyer is less than a thousand meters away from our ship." Carlisle's intersecting words rang out again.

After hearing Carlyle's words, Beauwell. Saxophone took off his hat and held it in his hand and said, "His grandmother's, fight!" "If you delay any longer, it will really be too late, and if you let the destroyer approach, you won't even have a chance to launch a torpedo, and even if you launch a torpedo, it will lose its effect because the safety bolt will not have time to open. Liu Jiaming didn't think much about it, turned his head and ordered in a deep voice: "The bow torpedo is ready, re-lock the target position, and the torpedoes are all ready to be launched!" Lao Tzu can't do it. ”

"Targeted!"

"Two, three, four, five, six torpedoes are ready. Launch-"

The consequence of the five torpedoes firing in unison was that the submarine of more than 1,800 tons was pushed back again and again by the strong reaction force generated when the submarine was fired by the torpedo, and the whole submarine was shaken violently.

"Quickly turn to a rapid dive!"

Because the submarine that has already fired the torpedo is not capable of self-protection, the only thing it can do in the face of the destroyer is to quickly turn around and run away, but at such a close distance, even the most optimistic people dare not assert that they can escape. I can only resign myself to fate.

Beauwell at this time. Saxophone only felt that his heart was beating so violently that it almost jumped out of his mouth, as if he was overwhelmed by a huge pressure, and his face was strangely flushed from excessive tension. The strange thing is that at this time, a sentence suddenly appeared in his blank mind, "Whether it is to live or to destroy, just look at this moment!" ”