Chapter 143: Surprise Attack
The White Tiger Fleet www.biquge.info only cares about fleeing for its life, Zhang Lin led the fleet to chase unhurriedly behind, and at the same time ordered the destroyers escorting the escort to turn on the underwater radar, even if victory is in sight, Zhang Lin will not have the slightest carelessness, at this time, if careless, the enemy releases a torpedo attack, it is easy to hit!
Zhang Lin didn't chase too closely, the rabbit was anxious and bitten, forcing this group of guys, who knows what kind of things they can do, so the storm fleet just followed at a distance of fifteen thousand meters, and the main gun fire never stopped, after a light cruiser was hit by the main gun of the Liberty and began to capsize, Zhang Lin ordered the fleet not to pursue, the fleet T-shaped swing away, and all the firepower began to shoot fiercely!
The commander of the White Tiger Fleet saw that the Storm Fleet was no longer pursuing, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, although he was ambushed this time and suffered heavy losses, he still retained his basic strength, and he could still give an explanation to the alliance high-level after he went back, if the loss was too great, the alliance high-level would not let go of the commanders of the White Tiger Fleet!
It's just that he was happy a little early, and suddenly there was a muffled sound from the bottom of a heavy cruiser of the White Tiger fleet, and the vibration of the hull indicated that he was under a powerful torpedo attack!
The commander of the White Tiger Fleet was shocked: "Ask, what happened to that heavy cruiser, why is this happening!" In fact, he already knew very well in his heart that apart from the boiling underwater ghosts that had been rumored recently, there was nothing else that could attack the battleship so covertly!
"Commander, the heavy cruisers reported that they suffered a torpedo attack, the bottom of the hull was damaged, fortunately the damage was not large, and the damage has been controlled!" After receiving the report of the heavy cruiser, the adjutant immediately said to the commander of the White Tiger fleet!
The commander of the White Tiger Fleet's face turned pale, and he immediately ordered: "Order the fleet to sail in the Z-shape to avoid torpedoes!" ”
In fact, this kind of navigation route is very effective for long-distance torpedo attacks, in World War II, destroyers and cruisers have anti-submarine weapons, submarines do not dare to get too close to the fleet to attack, but this time the situation is different, Zhang Lin knows that there is no effective weapon to deal with submarines, so the submarine formation is very arrogant, directly run to the White Tiger fleet to attack low, only more than 30 meters away, for a torpedo with a speed of 65 knots is just a snap of a finger, even if the destroyer with good maneuverability has no way to evade, Not to mention cruisers and battleships!
With the first attack, the later attacks were even faster, the Storm Strait submarine formation used a torpedo detonated in the contact room, which exploded immediately after contact, so that the damage to the battleship was reduced, but attacking from the bottom of the ship, such a powerful torpedo was not needed!
At the moment when the commander of the White Tiger Fleet turned to look at the radar, his flagship vibrated violently, and the people standing in the conning tower fell to the ground, and before the personnel in the conning tower could react, a voice came from the speaker in the conning tower: "Report to the conning tower, our ship was hit from the bottom of the ship by two torpedoes, and the hull broke into the water!" ”
No one even knew what the situation was, the damage control was quickly activated, a large number of sailors began to block the place where the water was entered, and the pumping machine began to drain, but only a minute or so passed, and the flagship of the White Tiger fleet was attacked by torpedoes again, also from the fatal position of the bottom of the ship, this time it was two more torpedoes, due to the weak bottom armor and the absence of anti-mine armor, the damage of the torpedo was collected as ordered, which was very fatal for the battleship, and this time it was difficult to control the water ingress of the hull, such a large amount of water ingress, It's beyond the control of damage management!
"The conning tower, the water ingress of the hull is difficult to control, and it is expected that five thousand tons of water will enter in ten minutes, which will exceed the carrying capacity of the battleship, it is recommended to abandon the ship!"
This damage management report completely made the commander of the White Tiger Fleet desperate, what to use to fight the enemy after losing the battleship, the enemy had already calculated, and even the disappearance of the mysterious undersea ship was within the enemy's calculations, and he thought it was a ghost under the sea who saw that the White Tiger Fleet did not leave the port and gave up!
The commander of the White Tiger Fleet clenched his fists and put them down, and said weakly: "Abandon the ship!" This sentence seemed to drain all his strength, and he sat weakly on the command chair, his eyes blank!
The attack of the submarine formation in the Storm Strait continued, and every ten seconds there was a muffled explosion at the bottom of the battleship, and three light cruisers had already begun to capsize, and only two torpedoes completely sank these light cruisers, and a large number of sailors of the White Tiger fleet fell into the water, and some people even had no time to escape and sank into the sea with their own warships!
This sea area has almost become a purgatory on earth, there are cries for help everywhere, even hard-hearted people will be moved when they see it, but this is war, either you die or you die, there is no mercy to talk about!
Zhang Lin led the storm fleet to the vicinity of this battlefield, seeing such a tragic situation, Zhang Lin was also very understanding, and said to the combat staff officers around him: "Order all ships to put down their lifeboats to rescue the sailors who fell into the water, they have no danger to me if they lose their battleships, we can't watch them drown here!" ”
Out of the spirit of humanitarianism, Zhang Lin couldn't watch the sailors of the White Tiger Fleet drown here, even during World War II, Japanese imperialism was so brutal and unkind, and the allies would sink Japanese warships and rescue the sailors who fell into the water, which has nothing to do with whether it is a hostile camp or not!
Then large warships such as the Liberty Pioneer began to put down their lifeboats to rescue the sailors who fell into the water nearby, even if some warships still had the ability to resist, none of the battleships in the Storm Fleet fired, but in fact, the battleships of the White Tiger Fleet had been overwhelmed by submarines, and they had no time to care!
The commander of the White Tiger Fleet watched the Storm Fleet begin to save people, and he glanced at the familiar battleship with great affection: "Order the remaining warships of the fleet to stop resisting and surrender to the enemy!" After saying this, he pulled out his pistol from the holster at his waist and closed his eyes to his temple!
The adjutant behind him saw that his commander was about to commit suicide, and knocked the commander of the White Tiger Fleet unconscious with the butt of his pistol: "You guys come here, leave here with the commander, and I'll be there later!" ”
"Sir, telegram from the White Tiger Fleet!" In the command tower of the Liberty, the correspondent handed a telegram to Zhang Lin, and after Zhang Lin unfolded it, he read: "Order the fleet to stop attacking, the enemy has surrendered!" ”
After Zhang Lin's order was issued, the submarine formation stopped the attack and began to surface, and the ships had already sent people to accept the battleships that had not yet sunk, this time the White Tiger Fleet was completely removed from the establishment of the Pirate Alliance, I don't know if those bigwigs will go crazy tomorrow!