Chapter 201: Encounter (I)
"Eleven... Twelve......" droplets slowly slide down the circular handle of the seawater valve, and then onto the orange-red transparent celluloid baffle below.
"Thirteen...... Fourteen..."Corporal Uder sat on the aisle fence and looked up at the valve diagonally above.
"Fifteen...."Uder lowered his head and shoved a mint candy into his mouth.
The combat lights stained everything in the power compartment red, except for a few green lights on the instrument panel. The waterproof door to the aft torpedo compartment was locked, and Private Bruno sat on the steps of the doorway, playing with his fingers boredly.
"Ten..."Udel realized that he might have missed a few droplets, and decided to give up the game.
A melodious knock sounded outside the bulkhead, sounding like hitting an empty clay jar with a wrench.
"Hell!" Oudt jumped to his feet and turned his head to look at the bulkhead.
"Bell..."
"He found us, he found us again." Bruno exclaimed.
"Udel, shut up that idiot and be quiet." Chief Engineer Sergeant Zehe took the receiver of the cabin telephone and scolded loudly.
"Yes, Captain, we're on standby." Zehe made two gestures, and the sailors hurriedly took their places.
"Is there no other way? See, look at what you said, how is this possible, he still owes me two bottles of rum. Zehe laughed, and then hung up the cabin phone.
"The electric motor starts, and the two cars are at a third speed." Zehe looked at the hands on the ship's clock and gave the order to start.
Udel stood in front of the electric motor console on the starboard side of the submarine and pulled down the lever with both hands. There was a gentle humming sound, and the two Siemens GU354 electric motors began to rotate, and the huge power drove the paddle shaft through the gearbox, and the hull shook slightly, and then began to move slowly forward.
"Immediately ascend to periscope depth." Hank. Captain Robin gave the order to the navigator to ascend.
"It's sir, ascend to periscope depth." The navigator repeated the order.
The submersible float operator opened the valve of the main ballast water tank in turn, and the sound of high-pressure gas gushing sounded outside the hull and under the floor, and a large number of high-pressure gas was rapidly pumped into the ballast water tanks in various parts of the hull, and the seawater in the tank was squeezed out of the cabin, and the buoyancy of the submarine increased rapidly.
Due to the different sizes and displacement speeds of the compartments, it is normal for the hull to gradually roll to starboard a little, and after the adjustment of the water discharge of several balance cabins, the hull quickly returned to level. Under the direction of the Navigator, the bow and stern balance rudders were angled, the bow was raised five degrees, the electric motor began to run at full speed, and the U106 floated to the surface at a speed of five meters per second.
"Captain, target spotted, ninety degrees direction." The sonar operator pokes his head out from behind the curtain in the radio room.
"It's U1001, I heard the ballast tanks blowing out, and she's getting ready to float."
"Got it, keep watching." Robin commanded.
"Yes, Captain." The operator retracted into the telecommunications room.
"Have you sorted out the data for this training?" Captain Robin walked over to the chart table and asked Captain Igor.
"It's all here." Igor patted the sailing record in his hand.
"When I return to this flight, I'm ready to take a vacation." Robin turned and leaned back against the chart table.
"What, your confidence has been hit?" The first mate held the compass and made a gesture on the chart.
"How is it possible, I just feel a little tired." Robin took off his military hat and scratched his head.
This is the seventh day of the U106's voyage, and with the paper data of this ocean-going submarine, this time is nothing, but in these seven days, U106 and U1001 have conducted three consecutive high-intensity confrontation training, and at this time, both personnel and machinery are close to the limit.
"Where are you going on vacation? Do you want me to be with you? Igor threw the compass on the map table.
"I haven't decided yet, I want to go to China to have a look." Robin put on his soft combat hat and touched the stubble on his chin.
"China? I'm also very interested, especially after listening to the last time Captain Wang introduced his hometown. He also invited me to visit his house when I was free, what is that place called? I remember he wrote it down and I needed to check my notebook. Igor walked over to the staircase of the conning tower.
"I wonder how the king and his men are doing?" Robin reached out and grabbed the escalator.
"I heard that they were assigned to U63 for an internship." Igor replied.
"Type VII?"
"Type VII." Igor nodded vigorously.
"Well, that's perfect for them." Robin shrugged his shoulders, then turned to the boatswain and shouted, "Raise the periscope." ā
"Yes, raise the periscope." The boatswain pressed the lift button.
"Attention! High-speed propellers! One hundred and seventy-five degrees direction. "Suddenly, there was an alarm from the sonar soldiers.
"I didn't hear anything just now, she seemed to appear out of nowhere, Captain." The operator shouted loudly.
The periscope was raised into place, and Robin hurriedly held on to the grip and turned to the direction reported by the sonar operator.
"Found out... That'sā" Robin had a strange expression on his face, and he turned his face to look at the first mate, who looked nervous.
"It's a submarine."
"Is it ours?" Igor relaxed.
"No, it's a Japanese Navy submarine."
"What? Let me see. The co-captain walked over to the periscope.
"Let me look it up." Robin walked over to the chart table and pulled out the ship identification manual from the filing cabinet hanging on the bulkhead.
"U1001 has stopped floating and she seems to be turning." The sonar operator reports.
"Heinck must have discovered this Japanese submarine as well, and with U1001 technology, it may have been earlier than we discovered." Igor said.
"Found it, this is it, Haida Type IIIb ocean-going submarine, with a total length of one hundred and one meters and an underwater displacement of 2,300 tons, is really a big guy." Robin slapped the open identification manual on the chart table.
"This is the first time we've encountered a Japanese submarine at sea, what are you going to do?" Igor asked.
"Float." Robin buttoned up his tropical shirt.
"What?" The co-captain didn't hear clearly.
"Let's float to the surface." Robin straightened his soft combat cap and looked at a small mirror hanging from a filing cabinet.
"Go and say hello to our Japanese counterpart, that's the courtesy of the German Navy." The captain grinned at the mirror, then nodded in satisfaction.
"Float to the surface." Igor shook his head and gave the order to float.
"Empty the water tank." "The bow balances the rudder at an elevation angle of fifteen degrees."
"Be careful, don't move too violently." "Two cars at full speed!"
"Full speed on both cars, sir."
"Prepare to get out of the water!" The navigator shouted.
Two seconds later, U106 was like a steel shark, fiercely jumping out of the water, the sharp bow stagnated in the air for a moment, and then smashed back into the sea, the snow-white waves scattered and splashed, the mist rose in the bright sun, and a brilliant rainbow appeared above the dark green control tower.
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