The torpedo entered the water, splashed at once, and then under the sea level, drew two slender straight lines, spreading into the distance. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

At one end of these two straight lines is the submarine U-47, which fires torpedoes, and at the other end, a huge transport ship with a large silhouette under the night.

According to Prien's experience, this huge transport ship, which should also have a displacement of at least more than 8000 tons, is a very huge target.

"Adjust course! Continue to the left full rudder, 15 degrees! "Prien, after the attack, was looking for the next target worthy of his own fire.

After all, torpedoes are expensive weapons, and with each attack, it is necessary to select the highest possible value target and launch an attack that is guaranteed to sink the opponent.

He had found another target, and he no longer cared about the hapless transport he had targeted.

Because in Prien's eyes, the transport ship has become a sinking ship at this moment.

It's like a swordsman with strong martial arts, and as soon as he makes a move, he knows that the other party is already a dead man.

The two torpedoes approached their target one after the other, and the U-47 submarine that launched them was already turning its course.

The so-called small ship turned around, and the surface displacement of German submarines was only a few hundred tons, and in the rough Atlantic, it was simply a flat boat, and the speed of turning was very fast.

Compared with those large transport ships full of goods, it can only be said to be a small bean, not even a fifth the size of the other party.

I don't know what direction the British destroyers were attracted to at this time, and Prian has not found those dangerous figures until now.

Because of the darkness of night and the confusion of the fleet being attacked, it may not be clear from which direction the Germans are attacking.

Perhaps they were attracted in a different direction by another German submarine, so the remaining transports were left in confusion and watched as their warships were attacked for no apparent reason, and finally sank to the bottom of the Atlantic.

Prion didn't know if he had been spotted or not, or if some of the people on the transport had seen his submarine by the light of the fire, but it seemed that the other party had no way to fight back immediately.

It may be quite a long time for British destroyers, who are not nearby, to come and expel Prion's U-47 submarine.

As if an assassin had found an unguarded target, Prion felt that his luck had been too good today.

As soon as he adjusted his position and was ready, he immediately gave the order to continue firing: "Torpedo tubes No. 3 and No. 4!" Launch! ”

Hearing his captain's command, the torpedo launcher immediately pressed the switch, causing the two torpedoes to rush out of the torpedo tubes.

As the submarine rose and fell, two inconspicuous tremors were heard, and Prien, knowing that his torpedo had been fired, once again ran out of the loaded torpedo in the bow.

"Keep loading the torpedo!" He casually gave the order, and then aimed the periscope at the position of the first target he had been aiming at.

In the night, the huge dark figure was still moving slowly, and then it didn't take long for a huge explosion to cover most of its figure.

The reason why the depth of the torpedo attack should be set is because the depth of the torpedo explosion in the water determines the damage power of the torpedo to the attacking target.

In general, the closer an explosion is to the bottom of the ship, the greater the damage to the ship. Through the tearing effect of the repeated expansion and diffusion of seawater after an explosion under the surface of the water, the power of a torpedo is comparable to the power of several or even dozens of shells.

Therefore, the torpedo must have a depth setting, on the one hand, it can allow the torpedo to avoid some low-value small-tonnage targets, and on the other hand, it can also allow the torpedo to burst out with the maximum damage effect when attacking the enemy ship.

This exploding torpedo lifted almost the entire target transport ship out of the water with an explosion that was at least twenty stories high.

With the tearing force of the sea water on both sides, the transport ship that was lifted out of the water first suddenly increased in the middle part of the hull, then fell rapidly, and then simply broke into two.

The bow and stern of the ship were lifted in a few seconds due to buoyancy, while the middle section had already begun to sink due to the large amount of water ingress.

The keel had broken by this time, so the entire transport ship quickly sank to the bottom of the sea under the pull of the cargo inside the hull.

Another torpedo at this time played the role of a mending knife that fell into the well, exploding in the direction of the stern, causing the boiler and oil inside the hull to burn.

In an instant, the entire transport ship became a broken copper and iron floating on the sea, and there was no rescue value at all.

The leaking fuel caused a fire, and the smoke even obscured the moon in the sky. I don't know what it contains, but apparently the goods are now offerings to the god of the sea.

"Hit!" Prion himself saw the results of his battle, and did not forget to cheer up his men in the submarine.

He excitedly shouted that his torpedo had hit the target, which greatly boosted the morale of the German sailors in the submarine, and they cheered, not in the slightest nervous because they were in the middle of the enemy fleet.

"Long live the Führer!" Everyone laughed and shouted slogans, but the work at hand was not slack. The people in the torpedo compartment loaded the torpedo with all hands and feet, preparing for the next attack.

They set the depth and firing angle of the torpedo, and then pushed this ordinary torpedo, which was not particularly advanced, onto the loading shelf.

During World War II, the torpedoes used by Germany were not good compared to the Japanese torpedoes, which were distinguished by their characteristics.

The sound-guided torpedoes developed later and other guided torpedoes had problems with their reliability, and there were even embarrassing accidents in which their own torpedoes attacked their own submarines.

However, in this era, the torpedoes used by the navies of various countries are almost such cheating products, either with mediocre performance and good reliability, or with outstanding personalities but from time to time they are pitted once.

"Boom!" While the officers and men of the torpedo compartment were loading their weapons, the two torpedoes fired from behind the U-47 submarine also hit their own targets.

The huge explosion caused the target to end up similar to the last big guy who was hit, and soon the transport ship broke in two due to the explosion and began to sink.

The two transport ships in the middle of the fleet exploded one after another, attracting the attention of the transport fleet, and the flames from the explosion also illuminated the sea surface and made it easier to observe.

Just as the second transport ship exploded, with the help of a huge fire, the lookout in charge of observing the sea on a British destroyer in the distance saw the blurred black shadow on the sea.

When the German submarine floated on the surface of the sea, it was an incomparably slender figure. It's so special that it's hard to forget at first glance.

"Look! Look over there! Is it a submarine of the Germans! He pointed to the dark figure in the distance and shouted loudly to his companion.

At this time, it was not known that the transport ship might also have discovered the target, and fired a flare, which suddenly lit up the nearby sky.

So against the backdrop of flares and firelight, the slender figure of the German submarine was clearly outlined.

"German submarines! In the midst of our fleet! Oh, my God! It's on our port side! It's on our port side! The observer at the lookout post quickly grabbed the intercom and alerted the captain on the bridge.

The J-18 transport fleet is a very large transport fleet with dozens of transport ships, as well as 11 destroyers to provide escort cover.

A convoy of this magnitude has now suffered a catastrophe. Almost 10 transport ships were sunk, and all of these transport ships were carrying important things.

In fact, the fleet commanders underestimated their losses because of the night. They have now sunk 13 transport ships, and most of them are of large tonnage.

Because of the depth of German torpedoes, many ships of smaller tonnage survived, but those ships of large tonnage were unlucky.

"Quick! Contact the escorted destroyer! In the middle of the fleet, there are submarines of the Germans! There are submarines of the Germans! The captain shouted an order to the communicator to summon the escort warship to come.

This British flare also gave Prian a clear look, and it was only then that he finally realized the size of the British J-18 transport fleet.

And this flare also reminded him: the British had already discovered the U-47 submarine in the fleet, and he had no chance to fire another torpedo to continue the attack.

Flares, most of the time, were signal flares for German submarines to dive and retreat. Because soon the enemy destroyers will arrive, they will have to run away as quickly as possible.

"That's it! Start diving, let's get out of here! "Prion embraced his own experience, which was also a half-scientific, half-superstitious tradition.

Similar to lighting a candle when touching the gold school captain, many industries have their own superstitions and firm persistence.

At least in Prien's mind, he had something that the submarine commander had to hold onto. He is not going to risk everyone on the entire submarine with himself for some small bargain.

What may seem like a bold and crazy move is sometimes actually safe. But sometimes a greedy little decision can be a more dangerous move.

"The dive begins!" The operator shook the handle again, and the submarine's water ballast began to fill the water.

"Depth 50 meters! Dive as fast as you can! Prion said the depth and speed of the dive.

Soon, the surrounding area of the submarine began to roll up, and the deck of the U-47 submarine was getting closer and closer to the churning sea in the waves.