"Torpedo?!" Antonius was startled, "Did you see who launched it?" Isn't it an Italian destroyer? ”

"I don't know, we don't see any Italian warships in our field of vision." The lieutenant shook his head.

"Whew...... That's good......" Antonius breathed a deep sigh of relief.

As the captain of the cruiser Heller, he knew very well how many pounds and taels his warship had, and he also knew the strength of the destroyers of the Italian Navy.

In the case of the latest Italian destroyer, the Sordati-class destroyer, the Soldati-class destroyer has a full load displacement of 2,460 tons and is equipped with two twin 120mm main guns, two triple 533mm torpedo tubes and eight 20mm anti-aircraft guns.

For the armament of the German Z-class destroyers' four twin 128mm high-level dual-purpose guns, four twin 40mm anti-aircraft guns, four twin 20mm anti-aircraft guns and two triple 610mm torpedo launchers, the Soldati-class destroyers are completely insufficient, but for the full load displacement is only 2115 tons, and the armament has only three 152mm single-mounted guns with extremely low range and extremely poor trajectory, and four 100mm single-mounted naval guns. With two 40mm anti-aircraft guns and two 457mm single-torpedo cruisers on the Heller, the Soldati class is completely like a father.

Many people may say, "Can't I run if I can't beat it?"

However, the reality is cruel, the fastest speed of the cruiser Heller is only 20.5 knots, while the speed of the Soldati class reaches 37 knots, and the boiler pressure test is even 39 knots during sea trials. The implication is that if the Heller runs into the Italian Soldati-class destroyer, it will not be able to fight and run, and if it does not get timely support, it is only a matter of time before all the crew of the Heller go to sea to feed the fish.

So Anthony Elseston breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that there were no Italian surface ships nearby, but he quickly became nervous again.

There are no Italian surface ships nearby, but they themselves have been torpedoed, so I am afraid what this means is self-evident.

"There's a damn Italian submarine around here!" Antonius slammed the bulkhead hard, and then ran quickly to the bridge.

Germany's submarine technology is second to none in the world, but many people overlook that there is one country on the Mediterranean coast that is also leading the way in submarine technology: Italy.

Germany's latest submarine in service is the VIIC submarine, which has a displacement of 769 tons on the water, 871 tons under the water, a maximum surface speed of 17.7 knots, a maximum underwater speed of 7.6 knots, a maximum range of 8,500 nautical miles on the water, a maximum underwater range of 80 nautical miles, a maximum diving depth of 220 meters, and a total of five torpedo tubes in the front four and behind - such performance is undoubtedly extremely excellent, and the reputation of the German wolf pack is also very good proof of this.

However, the performance of the latest "Admiral" class ocean-going submarines equipped by Italy completely crushed the VIIC submarines.

The "Admiral" class submarine has a water displacement of 1,702 tons, an underwater displacement of 2,184 tons, a maximum speed of 17 knots on the water, and a maximum speed of 8.5 knots underwater, although its maximum diving depth is only 105 meters, but with its super endurance of up to 19,500 nautical miles and a total of 14 torpedo tubes in the front eight and six in the rear, it can pose a huge threat to all naval formations.

If the Italian submarine that is now firing torpedoes at the Heller belongs to the "Admiral" class, then even if the Heller has some anti-submarine capabilities, it will not be able to defeat it - because it is not equipped with sonar equipment, it is difficult to search for the "Admiral" class submarine at the combat depth, while the "Admiral" class submarine can use its own torpedo launchers as many as 14 to attack the Heller continuously.

However, against the submarine, the Heller will not be able to beat or run, after all, no matter how strong the "Admiral"-class submarine is, its underwater speed cannot exceed 20.5 knots.

And Antonius has always been very self-aware, so his first order back to the bridge was not to conduct anti-submarine warfare with the whole ship, but to get out of this sea area at full speed.

Under the operation of the soldiers in the engine room, black smoke was soon puffed out of the chimney, and the cruiser Heller, which was cruising at a speed of 10 knots, increased to 20 knots in a short time, heading at full speed towards the position of its home port of Crete. And while running away, Antonius did not forget to inform his superiors of his location and situation, and asked for support from nearby warships and shore-based anti-submarine aircraft.

Although this series of orders seems to be cowardly, and may let the Italian submarine leave safely, it at least saves the lives of a boatload of people and the safety of the warship - yes, the Heller is a junk warship, but in Greece, a weak navy that is rare even a 100-ton lightning strike ship, the Heller with a displacement of more than 2,000 tons is still one of the absolute "capital ships" and a baby bump of the navy.

Therefore, Antonius's decision is the most suitable and correct order at the moment, but in this world, the correct order does not represent the best result, because if you point to it, then the correct decision is in vain.

And Antonius, who fell to the ground without even eating a bite of the grilled fish, was clearly one of the kind of people who had a very good back - the Italian submarine that attacked him happened to be parked between the cruiser Heller and Crete, that is, the Heller was rushing to heaven as fast as possible.

"My day!" Fifteen meters underwater, the Italian sailors who were monitoring the movement of the Heller with periscopes were startled by the sudden acceleration of the Heller, "Captain! We were discovered! ”

"Discovered?" Tonatore, who was sitting in the captain's seat, was stunned when he heard this, "Can you still find us on that broken ship?" ”

"Really! Captain, they're all speeding up! The sailor hurried.

Suspiciously, Tornatore stood up, took the periscope from the sailor's hand, and looked closely, and saw that the Heller was really rushing towards him.

"Really!" Tornatore was also a little panicked.

Unlike the German Navy, Italy's submarine forces have not experienced the tempering of war, and they usually bully and bully transport ships at most, and have never faced off with warships with anti-submarine capabilities, so Tornatore is now unsure of what to do.

As the "murderous" Heller got closer and closer to him, Tornatore finally made up his mind.

"Now that we've been discovered, let's retreat tactically!" "Shoot me all the torpedoes and immediately dive to 100 meters!" I don't believe I can't run away if I can't beat it! ”

After Tonatore's order was given, seven torpedoes quickly came out of their loads and fanned out at the Heller, while the submarine's water storage hatch opened, and a large amount of seawater poured into the reservoir, driving the submarine to sink rapidly.