“md！” In the face of two anti-submarine torpedoes, Rao is Prien's calmness was far beyond ordinary people, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, "Urgently dive!" Urgent dive! Start the engine and disengage at full speed in the northwest direction! The whole crew is ready for the onslaught! ”

The driver didn't bother to repeat Prien's orders according to the regulations, he hurriedly restarted the engine, and steered the U47 to accelerate to the northwest and escape while diving deeper. Fastest updates

However, the Type VIIB submarine they piloted had a top speed of only 8 knots per hour, not to mention that it was still accelerating from a completely stationary state at the moment.

So the U47 ran less than 70 meters away in 35 seconds, and two anti-submarine torpedoes exploded one after the other at its original location.

The people in the U47 first heard two extremely muffled explosions, and then felt that the entire submarine had been pushed hard and jumped forward for some distance.

After the impact, Prien climbed up from the ground with the pole beside him and shouted, "Report the situation!" Report the situation! ”

In fact, there was no need for Prien to shout, the sailors in various parts of the submarine spontaneously sorted out the situation and reported it to the command room after the initial confusion.

"Everything is normal in the bow of the submarine. The three compartments B4, C12 and E7 in the middle of the boat broke into the water, and the reserve buoyancy lost 30%. The tail of the submarine was the most damaged, the main rudder was stuck at 30 degrees to the right, and the aft torpedo compartment was completely flattened. The first mate wiped the blood from his face as he reported to Prien, "But thankfully, we didn't lose momentum, and the leak was temporarily fixed after the damage was over." ”

"We can still fight, right?" Prien listened to the report and asked coldly.

"Yes, sir, the U47 submarine can still fight!" The first mate closed the report and replied loudly.

"That's good!" Prion sat back in his command seat and calmly ordered, "Float to periscope depth, bow in the direction of the enemy ship!" ”

"Understood, float to periscope depth! The course has been adjusted to the northeast! The pilot also got up from the ground and struggled back to his post to maneuver the badly damaged submarine.

Under the control of the pilot, the U47 submarine used the auxiliary rudder to turn the bow of the ship with difficulty and floated to the periscope depth.

"Float up! Sir! The driver, after carrying out the order, reminded Prien loudly.

Prion nodded, then raised the periscope and found the Cossack destroyer not far away.

"The bow torpedo ready! Set a depth of 2 meters, target enemy destroyer, launch from torpedo tube No. 1! Looking at the Cossacks in his field of vision, Prion coldly ordered.

"Understood, set a depth of 2 meters, course due north, the No. 1 torpedo tube is launched!"

"Set the depth of 2 meters, the direction is northwest and northeast, and the No. 2 and No. 3 torpedo tubes are launched!"

"Understood, set a depth of 2 meters, the direction is northwest and northeast, and the No. 2 and No. 3 torpedo tubes are launched!"

Following Prion's order, three torpedoes were fired in a fan shape at the Cossack destroyer.

"Sir! A propeller sound! Direction due north! The speed is 70, and the collision is expected to be 20 seconds later! "The moment the U47 fired the torpedo, the sonar crew on the Cossack picked up the torpedo.

"The old one, the right full rudder, emergency evasion!" The captain calmly gave the order.

"Understood! Right full rudder! ”

The Cossacks, following the order of the captain, again made a sharp turn to the right to dodge the torpedo fired by the U47.

However, while the sailors on the Cossack looked at the passing torpedoes and laughed at the Germans' incompetence, the sonar crew again listened to the sound of the propeller, which sounded very, very close.

"Propeller sound! Speed 70......" The sonar officer didn't even have time to indicate more, and the torpedo hit the bow sidechord of the Cossacks.

The U47 was carrying a 610mm heavy torpedo, which was extremely powerful and could effectively deal with heavily armored battleships, not to mention the thin-skinned Horde-class destroyers.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the entire Cossack destroyer was blown up several meters from the water, and then smashed back into the water, stirring up a mist of water.

When the mist cleared, the rear half of the originally slender and heroic Cossack remained, and the first half of the torpedo hit head-on turned into fragments scattered on the surface of the sea.

"Beautiful!" Prien, who watched all this launch, shouted excitedly, then put away the periscope and said happily to the pilot, "Float, let's get out of here." ”

"Understood, float ......"

"Wait!" When the driver was hindered from repeating the order he was going to carry out, the sonar man interrupted him, "I heard another propeller!" It's that heavy cruiser! It's coming after you! ”

Prion smiled, hurriedly re-raised the periscope, and searched around.

Sure enough, six kilometers to the west of them, a heavy cruiser showed its majestic figure.

It was the heavy cruiser London, which had previously appeared with the Cossacks.

"How many weapons do we have?" Prion smiled bitterly and said.

"There's also a 610mm torpedo in the No. 4 torpedo tube in the bow, and then there's a 105mm gun on deck." The first mate also had a wry smile on his face.

"Well, it seems that God is going to call me to him today." Prien let out a long sigh, "The No. 4 torpedo tube in the bow is ready, set at a depth of 4 meters, launch!" ”

"Torpedo tube No. 4, fixed depth of 4 meters, launched."

"Driver, rise to the surface!" Prion put away the periscope and said.

"Are you sure? Sir? "The drivers hesitated, because on the sea one of their 105mm guns was clearly not able to fight the eight 204mm guns on the London.

"I'm sure, sir!" Prian nodded, "U47's current condition is obviously not able to dive again, so instead of being blown up by them at a depth of 15 meters, it is better to go up and fight them to the death." ”

"Okay, float to the surface." The driver nodded and maneuvered the U47 back to the surface.

After seeing the submarine surface, Prion climbed onto the deck with a group of sailors and aimed the 105mm gun at the heavy cruiser London, which was only 6 kilometers away from them.

The four twin 204mm guns on the heavy cruiser London were also turned to point at them.

"Gentlemen, I am honored to be with you!" Prion said with a smile as he slipped a 105mm shell into the chamber of the boat, smiling at the more than 30 sailors standing on the bow deck.

"Sir, we're honored too!" The soldiers were smiling as well, but their smiles were different from Prien's, their smiles were hopeful, "But sir, I don't think God is going to call us to him today. ”

Behind their U47, a heavy cruiser flying the flag of the German Iron Cross appeared in their field of vision.

The flagship of the first heavy cruiser detachment of the German High Seas Fleet, the third ship of the Admiral-class heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen!

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